unit 5 ap lang

Inference/infer

to draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented

Invective

An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language.

Irony/ironic

the contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant

Juxtaposition

two words, phrases, images, ideas are placed close together or side by side for comparison or contrast.

Litotes

a figure of thought in which a point is affirmed by negating its opposite.

loose sentence

A type of sentence in which the main idea comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses

Metaphor

A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity.

Metonymy

substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it

Mood

Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader

Narrative

The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.

Onomatopoeia

A word that imitates the sound it represents.

Oxymoron

A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms.

Paradox

A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.

Parallelism

similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses