ALL AP LANG VOCAB

Exemplification

A rhetorical mode that provides a series of examples (facts, specific cases, instances) makes and argument clear and more persuasive

Voice

The distinctive style of language based on the elements of diction, detail, imagery, syntax, and tone

Process analysis

A rhetorical mode that explains how something works, how to do something, or how something was done. Also explains a subject clearly and logically, marking major steps, stages, or phases of a process

Synthesis

The act of combining elements to form something new (based on sources, like a document-based questions)

Polysyndeton

The use of extra conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses

Assumption

Underlying beliefs

Anaphora

Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines

Inversion

Unconventional or atypical order of words in a sentence

Periodic sentence

A sometimes long, complex sentence in which the main clause is saved until the end

Cumulative sentence

A sentence in which the main clause is stated at the beginning, followed by successive clauses or phrases that add meaning or description

Antitheses

Opposing ideas or words in parallel form

Asyndeton

Omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words

Horatative sentence

A sentence that exhorts or calls to action

Imperative sentence

Sentence used to command, enjoin, implore, or entreat

Zeugma

The use of a word or words in a grammatically similar way but producing different, often incongruous meanings

Metonymy

The use of associations or parts to represent a concept

Antimetabole

Repetition of words in reverse order

Parallelism

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

Polemical

Argument against something