Ap Language And Composition Terms

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allegory

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use of such symbolism to illustrate truth or a moral

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analogy

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a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based [heart and pump]

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assumption

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something taken for granted; a supposition

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colloquial

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involving or using conversation

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concede

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to acknowledge as true, just, or proper

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connotation

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non-dictionary definition of a word

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counterargument

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a contrasting/opposing argument

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denotation

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the dictionary definition of a word

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diction

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the choice and use of words in writing or speech

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ethos

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the moral element in dramatic literature that determines a character's action rather than his or her thought or emotion

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hyperbole

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obvious and intentional exaggeration

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imagery

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the formation of mental images

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logos

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the rational principle that governs and develops the universe

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metaphor

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a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance

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narration

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a recital of events, especially in chronological order, as the story narrated in a poem or the exposition in a drama

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pathos

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the quality or power, esp in literature or speech, of arousing feelings of pity, sorrow, etc

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persona

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the narrator of or a character in a literary work, sometimes identified with the author

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personification

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the attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure

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propaganda

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information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc

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refute

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to prove to be false

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satire

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the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc

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simile

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a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared [like or as]

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syntax

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the study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language

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tone

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a particular style or manner, as of writing or speech ---mood

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trope

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any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense