Ap Lang Terms

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Abstract language

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Language describing ideas and qualities as opposed to specific observable people places or things

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Love and hate battled in his mind

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Allegory

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Using character and or story elements symbolically represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning

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Animal Farm by George Orwell

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Anaphora

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Repetition that occurs when the first word or set of words in one sentence clause or phrase is repeated at the beginning of successive sentences causes or phrases

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He said that we were free to leave. He said that we should not worry

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Antithesis

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A contrast or opposition

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Government and cooperation are in all things the loss of life anarchy and competition the laws of death

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Aphorism

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Terse statement which expresses a general truth or moral principle

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All men should strive to learn before they die

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Asyndeton

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A sentence where commas are used with no conjunctions to separate a series of words

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On his return he received metals, owners, treasures, titles, fame

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Backing

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Another name for support or evidence used in an argument

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Balance

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When both sides of a sentence are about the same length and importance

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Wherever you go, there you are

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Bathos

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A sudden drop from the sublime or elevated to the ludicrous

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Every progressing chapter of Lord of the Flies by William Golding

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Begging the question

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Circular reasoning

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Bombast

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Signifies verbose and inflated diction that is disproportionate to the matter it expresses

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Causal

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When a writer proves that one thing causes another as part of his argument

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The end of the instant replay rule was a direct result of the pressure of the networks

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Chiasmus

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Arrangement of repeated thought the pattern XY YX

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Ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country

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Cumulative

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A sentence in which amazing idea is expanded on with a series of details and particular

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I look forward to a great future in America a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint its wealth with our wisdom its power with our purpose

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Consonance

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The repetition of consonant sounds in neighboring words whose vowel sounds are different

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Troop / trope

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Ellipsis

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A sentence which leave something out in the second half because it is understood

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I like green peppers the best, but sometimes I eat yellow or red

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False analogy

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The claim of persuasive likeness when no significance likeness occurs

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The war on drugs

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Invective

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An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong abusive language

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Inversion

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A sentence which varies from the normal sentence pattern of noun, verb, compliment by putting a verb or modifier first

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Beautiful, vibrations, and attractive are the words the press most often uses in its description of her

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Metonymy

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Replacing a word with another word related to it or describing it

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The pen is mightier than the sword

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Non sequitur

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A statement that is not logically connected to another

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I think therefore I am

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Over simplification

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When a writer obscures or denies the complexity of an issue

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It's just that everyone is jealous of her fame

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Pedantic

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Marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning in essentially it's trivial aspects

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I got so distracted after he used infer when he meant imply

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Periodic

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A sentence in which the main clause or its predicate is withheld until the end

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Despite the heavy winds and nearly impenetrable ground fog, the plane landed safety

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Red herring

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When a rider races in a relevant issue to draw attention away from the real issue

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And besides, no one ever like him in middle school

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Syllogism

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A three-step form of reasoning that employs deduction

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All mammals are warm blooded. All black dogs are mammals . Therefore all black dogs or warm blooded

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Synecdoche

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Replacing something with part of that something

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He drove a fine set of wheels

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Tautology

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A statement that is unconditionally true by virtue of its form alone

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Socrates is either mortal or he's not