ap lang words

Allegory

Materials used for spiritual meanings

Alliteration

A sentence using same letter

Illusion

a fake out, misleading

Analogy

a comparison between features

Anaphora

repetition of a word/words

Aphorism

a brief embodiment of truth

Antithesis

the direct opposite

Colloquialism

informal expression

Dictation

Transcription of words of another

Didactic

intended for instruction

Extended metaphor

metaphor used throughout

Euphemism

a mild substitution for expressions

Genre

a category

Homily

cliché, a sermon, or admonitory

Hyperbole

an obvious exaggeration

Idiom

an expression, no predictable meaning

Imagery

use of words for illustration

Invective

a violent denunciation

irony: verbal, situational, dramatic

opposite saying/effect, audience knows

Juxtaposition

A side by side comparison

Litote

understatement “not bad at all”

Metaphor

Something used to represent somthing

Metonymy

name for object with relation

Mood

an emotional quality or character

Onomatopoeia

words used to imitate sounds

Parody

A humorous imitation of literature

Parallelism

An agreement in direction

Pedantic

Overly concerned with details

Personification

representation of things as people

POV: 1st, 3rd Narrative, 3rd omniscient, 3rd limited omniscient

by character, about character, freely observing, close to one character

Competition

contest for some prize

Rhetoric

Use of language effectively

Satire

Sarcasm to expose corruption/institution

Simile

A figure of speech

Sarcasm

A sharply ironical taunt

Semantics

the study of meaning

Symbolism

representation of things by symbols

Synecdoche

Part is used for whole

Synesthesia

stimulus is applied to another modality

Syntax

Rules and patterns for language

Tone

a way of sounding