AP Lang vocab

Alliteration

the repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words

Allusion

the act of alluding or hinting

Andiplosis

a rhetorical device where the last word of one sentence is repeated at the beginning of the next.

Anaphora

A word or phrase is repeated at the begening of successive sentences.

Lexicon

a total vocabulary of language, a specific subject, a social group, or an individuals mental word storm.

Metonomy

A figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something closely related.

oxymoron

a combination of contradictory or incongruous words

panagyric

a formal speech or writhing evlogizing someone or something

paradigm

an example of a conjugating or declension showing a word in all its inflectional forms.

parallelism

the quality or state of being parallel

Rational

reason, explanation, or justification behind an authors overall line of reasoning

sardonic

a tone or writing style that is grimly mocking, cynical, and disdainful, blending bitter humour with skepticisim

syllogism

a 3 part logical argument based on deductive reasoning, used to construct or analyze agument.

synecdoche

a figure of speech where a a part of something stands of a whole or the opposite.

theoretical

based on ideas, rules, or guesses rather then on real world practice or proven facts