AP Language MC vocab

The type of reasoning moves from specific to general propositions.

• Inductive reasoning

• Deductive reasoning

• Conjecture

• Experiments

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.1

a form of a regular repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases or strategically placed paragraphs

• syntax
• anaphora
• repetition
• loose/periodic sentence

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

placing the subject at the end of the sentence

• syntax
• anaphora
• periodic sentence
• rhetorical question

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

literal meaning opposite, is a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.

• Anticlimax
• Antithesis
• Aphorism
• Appeal to Authority

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

means unconnected. It is a stylistic device used in literature and poetry to intentionally eliminate conjunctions between the phrases and in the sentence, yet maintain the grammatical accuracy. 

• Apostrophe
• Appositive
• Assertion
• Asyndeton

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is a polysyndeton?

• When conjunctions are used repeatedly in quick succession
• When no conjuctions are used
• When a sentence uses a lot of punctuation
• A play on words

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is a telegraphic sentence?

• A sentence shorter than 5 words.

• A sentence longer than 5 words.

• Central idea of a work of fiction or nonfiction.

• A verse line of four feet.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

Juxtaposition is...

• The figurative comparison between two unlike things

• Placing two things side by side, usually to show contrast

• oxymoron

• a comparison between seemingly unlike things

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

A statement that seems to contradict itself but is, nevertheless true.

• Monologue
• Paradox
• Foil
• Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"I can resist anything but temptation." - Oscar Wilde

• It's a paradox

• it's an oxymoron

• it's a juxtaposition

• it's an aneddote

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.L.11-12.4