AP Language Vocabulary & Rhetorical Devices: Roots, Definitions, and Examples

immediately

Most commonly misspelled word (spell only)

allusion

an indirect reference to a person, event, statement or theme found in literature, the other arts, history, myths, religion or popular culture

anaphora

a rhetorical figure involving the exact repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines or sentences (a type of parallelism)

parallelism

a rhetorical figure used in written and oral compositions to accentuate ideas or images by using grammatically similar constructions.

innocuous

harmless

capricious

unpredictable; impulsive

reform

to improve; to change for the better; rehabilitate; restore

superfluous

redundant; unnecessary; extra

pundit

a person who knows a great deal about a particular subject; an expert

prudent

sensible; discerning; level-headed

repress

to hold back; to prevent from being expressed

sanguine

confident; cheerful; optimistic; sturdiness

tied to someone's apron strings

to be dependent on someone

ician

specialist

itis

infection

aqua

water

audi

hear

bell

war

cap

take

cise

cut

bio

life

auto

self

port

carry