AP English Language and Composition Terms

The repetition of sounds at the beginning of two or more neighboring words; Ex: Peter Piper Pizza

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Antecedent

• Atmosphere

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A direct or indirect reference to something that is thought to be commonly known, can be a person, place, myth, event, historical, religious, literary, and more.

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Antecedent

• Atmosphere

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun. Ex: "But it is the grandeur of all truth..." The _______ of "it" is "all truth" (Think "after")

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Antecedent

• Atmosphere

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Created throughout a literary work, established partly by setting and author's choice of objects described. Can be used to foreshadow events or help to create mood.

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Antecedent

• Atmosphere

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

The non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the feeling of a word.

• Denotation

• Clause

• Connotation

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb.

• Denotation

• Clause

• Connotation

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word.

• Denotation

• Clause

• Connotation

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Word choice used by the author for a specific purpose.

• Denotation

• Clause

• Connotation

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Writing or speech not intended to carry literal meaning; usually meant to be imaginative and vivid.

• Figurative Language

• Figure of Speech

• Generic Conventions

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A device used to produce figurative language. Ex: Hyperbole, irony, metaphor, oxymoron, paradox, personification, simile, etc.

• Figurative Language

• Figure of Speech

• Generic Conventions

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5