AP Lang, Each Choices Job

Allusion

Adds depth and efficiency to the text by making a reference to a known person, place, etc., which applies to the reader's existing knowledge to explain ideas quickly.

Analogy

compares two non-similar things from a resemblance in an aspect of themselves to simplify complex ideas

Ancedote

provides a short experience that  allows the reader to delve further into a certain topic, point, or opinion, in which the author is trying to illustrate.

Extended Metaphor

draws a comparison over a lengthier part of the text, in order to explore more in depth and complex ideas that need to be developed over time, which leaves the reader with a more memorable experience

Metaphor

draws a direct comparison between two unlike things which enhances writing by creating imagery, portraying emotions and ideas, and adding depth to the text which can reveal the author’s tone about a subject.

Personification

To give an object more meaning and expression by giving it personal characteristics

Simile

A comparison that helps provide more information or opinion on the things being compared.

Metonymy

An association of 2 similar words to create more engagement and imagery

Synecdoche

To create vivid imagery by using a part to represent the whole or the whole to represent a part.

Colloquial

utilizes modern language to facilitate modern culture and dialogue for realism, and exaggerate an author’s expression toward a subject.

Didactic

 to facilitate language learning and teaching, designed to help students feel at ease and develop confidence, providing them with the perception that what has been taught is relevant

Elegaic

to express sorrow and lamentation, often for someone who has died or for a significant loss

Euphemism

To handle a harsh topic gently, sometimes in a humorous or sarcastic way (in order to direct attention away from the tone of the original topic).

Imagery

to appeal to the reader's five senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch, to immerse the reader further into the text.

Loaded Language

to elicit a certain emotional response or thought in the reader

Pedantic

To better characterize certain individuals in a text as irritating or pretentious

Polysyndeton

To develop an impactful rhythm and tone and emphasis to better reach the reader.

Euphony

the quality of being pleasing to the ear, especially through a harmonious combination of words.

Consonance

to enhance the texture, musicality, and emotional impact of writing by repeating consonant sounds in nearby words

Cacophony

the act of purposefully using harsh sounds.

It sets a tone and makes the reader feel uneasy.

Assonance

to create rhythm, musicality, and flow, making language more memorable, catchy, and pleasurable to read or hear, while also helping to establish mood, highlight key words, and add subtle internal rhyme to poetry, lyrics, and prose

Alliteration

The repeated sounds allow it to immerse the reader more into the text and make them more interested

Anaphora

To increase the impact of a message and draw emphasis to it.

Antithesis

To create a divide between two ideas being presented

Chiasmus

To provide an alternative message to the first section of the phrase in the second

Or

To provide context for the second phrase, a “preliminary” that it itself is a statement

Repetition

The use of a word or phase in order be a continued supplementary for the context surrounding it

Epistrophe

To underline a connection between lines or clauses though rhythm.