AP Vocab 3

Ellipses

(...) signifying ommision of words or a continuing list

Reference

to bring up; to mention directly

Allusion

An indirect reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

Rhetorical question

figure of speech in the form of a question posed for rhetorical effect rather than for the purpose of getting an answer

Hypophora

raising a question then proceeding to answer it

Apostrophe

an address to an absent, abstract, or imaginary subject

loaded language

words with strongly positive or negative connotations

archaic diction

old-fashioned or outdated choice of words

anachronism

something out of place in time

malapropism

a word humorously misused

oxymoron

A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.

paradox

a statement that seems contradictory but is actually true

idiom

A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally.

hyperbole

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

litotes

A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite (He's not ugly.)