AP English Vocab #3

Allusion

Indirect reference in text

Alliteration

Same letter sound throughout text

Assonance

Repeating sounds/vowels

Caesura

A break in text

Figurative Language

Unconventional use of language that either is used to describe hard concepts or color something a certain way.

Hyperbole

Extreme exaggeration

Imagery

Text that brings forth an image in the mind

Juxtaposition

Two things that have opposite meanings compared/placed beside one another

Metaphor

Comparison between two very different ideas

Simile

Comparison between two similar ideas

Onomatopoeia

A word or vocal imitation that sounds like a specific sound

Personification

A nonhuman thing being humanized through text

Scansion

Studying text to find rhythm

Synecdoche

A part used to represent a whole

Synesthesia

When one perceived sense triggers another

Truncation

To cut off or shorten

Verse

A line/words that have a specific rythym