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AP Language Vocab for Analysis & Rhetoric

This document contains two sets of vocabulary terms for an AP Language class. Set 1 includes terms related to analysis, figurative language, genre, style, appeals, and rhetorical modes. Set 2 covers diction, grammar, genre, rhetoric, and style. Students are instructed to memorize and be able to use these terms by the end of the 1st and 3rd quarters.

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AP Language Vocab for Analysis & Rhetoric

This document contains two sets of vocabulary terms for an AP Language class. Set 1 includes terms related to analysis, figurative language, genre, style, appeals, and rhetorical modes. Set 2 covers diction, grammar, genre, rhetoric, and style. Students are instructed to memorize and be able to use these terms by the end of the 1st and 3rd quarters.

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AP Language Vocab Set 1

Memorize and be able to use these words by the end of the 1st Quarter

Analysis Diction – Grammar


1. Inference/infer 1. Connotation
2. Theme 2. Denotation
Figurative Language 3. Diction
1. Alliteration 4. Syntax
2. Extended metaphor Rhetoric
3. Figurative language 1. Allusion
4. Figure of speech 2. Analogy
5. Hyperbole 3. Irony/ironic
6. Imagery 4. Juxtaposition
7. Metaphor 5. Oxymoron
8. Onomatopoeia 6. Paradox
9. Personification 7. Rhetoric
10. Simile 8. Rhetorical appeal
11. Symbol/symbolism 9. Rhetorical modes
Genre 10. Rhetorical question
1. Allegory 11. Sarcasm
2. Narrative Mode
3. Parody 1. Cause-Effect
4. Point of view 2. Compare/Contrast
5. Prose 3. Classification-Division
6. Satire 4. Exemplification
7. Thesis 5. Process
Style Appeals
1. Ambiguity 1. Ethos
2. Mood 2. Logos
3. Repetition 3. Pathos
4. Style a. Appeal to Patriotism
5. Tone b. Appeal to Religion
c. To Duty/Honor/Love
AP Language Vocab Set 2
Memorize and be able to use these words by the end of the 3rd Quarter

Diction – Grammar Genre

1. Antecedent 1. Caricature

2. Clause 2. Didactic

3. Colloquialism 3. Generic conventions

4. Euphemism 4. Homily

5. Loose sentence 5. Invective

6. Periodic sentence 6. Transition

7. Predicate adjectives Rhetoric

8. Predicate nominative 1. Ad hominem argument

9. Subject complement 2. Antithesis

10. Subordinate clause 3. Aphorism

Style 4. Apostrophe

1. Atmosphere 5. Chiasmus

2. Conceit 6. Metonymy

3. Parallelism 7. Syllogism

4. Pedantic 8. Understatement

5. Wit

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