AP LANG VOCAB 2.4

PASSIVE VOICE

the subject is the recipient of the verb’s action.

PERIODIC SENTENCE

a sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end.

POLYSYNDETON

the deliberate use of multiple conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses,

or words.

PROPOGANDA

the spread of ideas and information to further a cause; in a negative sense it is the

use of rumors, lies, disinformation, and scare tactics in order to damage or promote a cause

QUALITATIVE EVIDENCE

evidence that includes things that are interpretation-based, descriptive, or

related to language and can be categorized to help understand the how, why, what happened, etc.

QUANTITATIVE EVIDENCE

evidence that includes things that can be measured, cited, counted,

or otherwise represented in numbers to help us understand how many, how much, how often, etc.

SIMPLE SENTENCE

an independent clause; has a subject and a verb.

SYNECDOCHE

figure of speech that uses a part to represent the whole.

SYNTAX

the arrangement of words into phrases, clauses, and sentences.

ZEUGMA

use of two different words in grammatically similar ways that produce different,

often incongruous, meanings.