AP Lang Vocab

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abstract

theoretical; without reference to specifics

archaic

in the style of an earlier period

banal

pointless and uninteresting

characterized by personal admissions of faults

confesstiional

pointlessly moving from one subhject to another

Discursive

Epistolary

invlolving letters

melodramatic

emotions and plot are exaggerated

persuasive

able to get a person to do something or agree with you

prompous

displaying ones self an a exaggerated way

subjective

opposite of objective relying on ones inner impressions

antithesis

two things compared or oppostion between

ommitting conjunctions in a sentence

asyndeton

repeating a sequnce of words of two or more verses

anaphora

repetition of gramatical strucutre in inverted order

Chiasmus

repetition of a word at the end of a successive clause

Epistrophe

Litotes

irnoic understatement in which an affirmative is esposed by the negative

parrellsim

use of successive verbal construction in poetry

polysyndeton

use of several conjunctions in close succession

understatement

downplaying; presentaiton of something being smaller or less importanat that it actually is

assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others

affected

austere

stern, strict, unadorned

bombastic

pretentious and pompous

colloquial

characteristics or ordianry and informal converstaion

concise

using very few words to express alot

convoluted

very complicated or involved

inlvolving formal praise in speech or writing usally in honor of someon dead

Eulogistic

naturalistic

tending to present things in art and literare as they appear in nature or actuality

puritancial

strict or sever in matters of morality

terse

effectively concise or brief

absurd

contrary to logic

baroque

elaborate ornamental

contemptuous

expressing contempt

elegiac

expressing sorrow

erudite

learned scholarly

farcical

humerous in a light way

Generally, the arrangement of words, phrases, or clauses in an order of increasing importance, often in parallel structure.

climax

1.illustrative story: a brief story told to illustrate a moral point or support an argument

exemplum

a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification:

analogy

The substitution of a descriptive word or phrase for a proper name (a species of circumlocution); or, conversely, the use of a proper name a

periphasis

use of a word that is normally one part of speech in a situation that requires it to be understood as a different part of speech

anthimeria

Repetition of words, in successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order.

animetable

a grammatical construction in which two elements, normally noun phrases, are placed side by side, with one element serving to identify the o

appositive

having two or more possible meanings

anbiguous

quick paced but sometimes superficial

breezy

having to do with twilight or shadowy areas

Crepuscualr

hsving the ability to call forth memories

evocative

inclined to use subjective impressions

impressionalistic