AP LANG BARON'S VOCABULARY LIST 1

Abstract

1 an abbreviated synopsis of a longer work of scholarship or research. 2 Dealing with or tending to deal with a subject apart from a particular or specific instance.

Ad hominem

Directed to or appealing to feelings or prejudices instead of to intellect or reason

Adage

A saying or proverb containing a truth based on experience and often couched in metaphorical language

Allegory

A story in which a second meaning is to be read beneath the surface (Animal Farm)

Alliteration

The repetition of one or more initial consonant sounds in a group of words/lines in a poem

Allusion

A reference to a person, place, or event meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea

Ambiguity

A vagueness of meaning; conscious lack of clarity meant to evoke multiple meanings or interpretations

Anachronism

A person, scene, event, or other element that fails to correspond with the appropriate time or era

Analogy

Comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things; a passage of this is called a extended …

Anecdote

Brief narrative often used to illustrate an idea or make a point

Annotation

Brief explanation, summary, evaluation of a text or literary work

Antagonist

Character in literature who opposes the protagonist producing tension and conflict

Antecedent

A word to which a pronoun refers

Antithesis

A rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of a grammatical arrangement of words, clauses, or sentences

Aphorism

A short, pithy statement of a generally accepted truth or sentiment

Apollonian

Contrasted to Dionysian, refers to most noble, godlike qualities of human nature and behavior