Ap Lang Vocab Quiz

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Metaphor

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a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

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Similie

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a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox )

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Hyperbole

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exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

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Oxymoron

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a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. faith unfaithful kept him falsely true ).

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Paradox

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a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true.

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Understatement

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the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is.

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Euphemism

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a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.

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Pathos

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means to persuade an audience by appealing to their emotions.

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Ethos

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means to convince an audience of the author’s credibility or character.

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Logos

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means to convince an audience by use of logic or reason.

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Ambiguity

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the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness.

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Assonance

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the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible (e.g., penitence, reticence ).

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Consonance

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the recurrence of similar sounds, especially consonants, in close proximity (chiefly as used in prosody).

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Alliteration

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the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

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Connotation

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a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly.

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Denotation

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the literal, dictionary definition of a word.

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Onomatopoeia

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a poetic structure of words to convey how something sounds.