AP Language & Composition Vocab - Set 7

Each set of vocabulary will be half general vocabulary and half rhetorical terms.

Accost

To confront verbally.

Accretion

Slow growth in size or amount.

Acerbic

Biting, bitter in tone or taste.

Acquiesce

To agree without protesting.

Acrimony

Bitterness, discord

Generic Conventions

This terms describes traditions for each genre. These conventions help to define each genre.

Genre

The major category into which a literary work fits. The basic divisions of literature are prose, poetry, and drama. However, genre is a flexible term; within these broad boundaries exist many subdivisions that are often called genres themselves.

Homily

This term literally means “sermon,” but more informally, it can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice.

Hyperbole

A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement. Hyperboles often have a comic effect; however, a serious effect is also possible. Often, hyperbole produces irony.

Hypophora

Figure of reasoning in which one or more questions is/are asked and then answered, often at length, by one and the same speaker; raising and responding to one’s own question(s). A common usage is to ask the question at the beginning of a paragraph and then use the paragraph to answer it. You can use hypophora to raise questions which you think the reader obviously has on his/her mind and would like to see formulated and answered.