Vocab Def. List 1 - AP Language & Composition
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15 Terms
Abstract | adj. |
theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentational.
Analogy | n. |
A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way.
Audience | n. |
The person or group a writer or speaker is addressing.
Cumulative | adj. |
Increasing; building upon itself
Purpose | n. |
The reason a writer or speaker creates a text; what the writer wants to accomplish.
Impute | v. |
To attribute to someone.
Context | n. |
The circumstances, background, or situation surrounding a text or event
Rationalism | n. |
A belief or theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge.
Repudiate | v. |
To reject.
Rhetoric | n. |
The art of effective communication.
Diction | n. |
Word choice, particularly as an element of style.
Connotation | n. |
The associations or implied meanings suggested by a word.
Tone | n. |
A writer’s attitude toward the subject, revealed through language and organization.
Style | n. |
The choices in diction, tone, and syntax that a writer makes.
Thesis | n. |
A sentence or group of sentences that directly expresses an author’s opinion, purpose, meaning, or proposition.