AP Lang 90/90 Challenge 1

Ethos

Credibility

Pathos

Emotion

Logos

Logic

Literal

Accurate and without embellishment

Figurative

Description that creates an imaginative or nonliteral effect

Denotative

Literal or dictionary meaning

Connotative

Suggested or associated meaning

Objective

Unbiased and unemotional

Subjective

Biased and emotional

Active Voice

States who or what performs the action

Passive Voice

Emphasizes the action or the receiver of the action

Concrete

Specific, tangible details

Abstract

Conceptual or philosophical ideas

Hyperbole

Deliberate exaggeration

Understatement

Deliberately representing something as less important or serious than it is

Pedestrian

Common, ordinary language

Pedantic

Inflated or overly formal language used to show importance or knowledge

Colloquial

Regional or conversational language that may differ in pronunciation or meaning

Jargon

Language specific to a field or profession

Cliché

A saying used so often that it loses its freshness or originality

Alliteration

Repetition of sounds in closely related words

Onomatopoeia

Words whose pronunciation imitates the sound

Juxtapose

To place close together or side by side to achieve a contrasting effect

Euphemism

A vague expression substituted for one thought to be offensive