AP Language Terms
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mjreiche15 on May 15, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 figurative language | writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally |
| syntax | the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences; word order |
| style | the sum of the choices a writer makes as to the selection of the words and the type of sentence structure (diction + syntax) |
| rhetorical purpose (function) | the strategy of using words effectively in speaking and writing. effective depends of the writer's purpose |
| assertion | a statement or declaration, often takes the form of a thesis |
| anecdote | a story or episode that illustrates a point |
| antithesis | a contrast or opposition of thoughts, usually in 2 phrases, clauses, or sentences (you are going; i am staying) |
| euphemism | a less direct/offensive word or phrase substituted for one that is direct or offensive (die = pass away) |
| informal | describes a personal rather than a formal, rhetorical style |
| circumlocution | a round about, indirect way of saying something (he is not exactly my friend, rather than, he is my enemy) |
| parallel syntax | 2 or more phrases, clauses, or sentences having the same grammatical structure (i can i saw i conquered) |
| diction | word choice (abstract/concrete, formal/colloquial, general/specific, technical/common) |
| tone | speaker's attitude towards her subject, audience, or herself; the emotion; attitude |
| evocation | a calling or drawing forth, summoning, usually of mood or atmospheres (evoke their pasts) |
| understatement | saying less than one means, or of saying what one means with less force than the occasion warrents |
| imagery | representaion through language of sense experience |
| verbal irony | say one thing but mean another |
| dramatic irony | audience knows something the character doesnt |
| point of view | a mental position from which things are viewed; perspective |
| narrative devices | chronological order, flashback, frame... |
| narrative technique | the style of telling the "story," even if the passage is nonfiction. Concentrate on the order of events and on their detail in evaluating a writer's technique. |
| persuasive devices | Words with strong connotations; words that intensify the emotional effect |
| resources of language, rhetorical feature, rhetorical structure, stylistic devices | linguistic techniques |
| sentence structure | grammar |
| allusion | passing reference or indirect mention |
| concrete detail | a highly specific, particular, often real, actual or tangible detail; opposite of abstract |
| abstract detail | ideas or concepts; not physically available to the senses |
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