AP English Language and Composition Figurative Language Vocabulary

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catalog

A list of people, things, events, objects, or some other item

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elagic

A type of poetry that expresses sorrow.

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eulogy

A piece of writing that honors someone who has just died.

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apostrophe

A literary device in which a (usually absent) person or entity is directly addressed.

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synecdoche

A literary device in which a part of an object or idea stands for or symbolizes the whole, or the whole symbolizes a part.

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anastrophe

A listing of sentence elements without conjunctions; inverted word order

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anaphora

when a writer uses the same word or phrase at the beginning of consecutive sentences

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syllogism

a three-part deduction that involves drawing a conclusion from two premises

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apology

a defense or justification of a stance or position

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alliteration

the repeating of consonants in consecutive words

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allusion

an implied or indirect reference to something historical, literary, religious, mythical, or popular, such as a well-known story or a famous person

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parallelism

A pattern in writing in which words and phrases are similar in structure, one echoing another.

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diction

The word choice and purposeful arrangement of words that affect meaning in speech or writing.

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jargon

Specialized and often highly technical language.

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anecdote

A very brief story that relates to a specific topic.

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antithesis

An obvious contrast of ideas, generally balanced or parallel with regard to grammar.

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slippery slope fallacy

A logical fallacy that assumes one small event will inevitably lead another more severe event.

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scheme

An arrangement of words for effect that relies on the literal meaning of the words.

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metonymy

a figure of speech that replaces one word or idea with a related one

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aphorism

A brief statement of principle or truth; also called adage or maxim.

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trope

A figure of speech that involves a nonliteral use of language, such as a simile, a metaphor, or an understatement.

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deductive reasoning

A method of thought or argument that starts with a general idea and then uses specific examples or known facts to support that idea.

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inductive reasoning

A method of thought or argument that starts from a specific idea or fact to reach a more general conclusion.

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premise

An idea used as the basis of a logical argument.

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didactic

Intended to teach a lesson or convey instruction

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paradox

A statement that appears to contradict itself but contains some degree of truth

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asyndeton

A listing of sentence elements without conjunctions.

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polysyndeton

A listing of sentence elements with multiple conjunctions.

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polyptoton

The repetition of words in close proximity that come from the same root.

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epistrophe

The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of several clauses; the opposite of anaphora.

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juxtaposition

The placement of two ideas in close proximity to create contrast; antithesis, anaphora and epistrophe are of this class.

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periodic sentence

A sentence that isn't logically or grammatically complete until the very end. It lends a sense of dramatic suspense or discovery.

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