AP LANG Terms! QUIZ! 2023

An argument attacking an individual's character rather than his or her position on an issue.

• Absolute

• Ad Hominem

• Anaphora

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Allusion

• A reference to something literary, mythological, or historical

• A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way

• A concise, statement that expresses succinctly a general truth or idea, often using rhyme or balance

• An argument attacking an individual's character rather than his or her position on an issue

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way.

• Anaphora

• Analogy

• Allusion

• Aphorism

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Anaphora

• A concise, statement that expresses succinctly a general truth or idea, often using rhyme or balance

• A brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event

• Repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses

• The specialized language or vocabulary of a particular group or profession

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The use of humor to emphasize human weaknesses or imperfections in social institutions.

• Simple sentence

• Jargon

• Satire

• Syntax

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Tone

• The attitude of a writer, implied towards its subject or audience

• The use of humor to emphasize human weaknesses or imperfections

• A tool

• The manner in which words are arranged into sentences

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The primary position/argument taken by a writer or speaker

• A position

• Thesis

• Thesis/Claim

• Claim

A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause

• Simple Sentence

• Complex Sentence

• Compound Sentence

• Compound-Complex sentence

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Syntax

• the attitude of the writer, towards its subjects or audience

• The manner in which words are arranged into sentences

• The art of presenting ideas in a clear, effective, and persuasive manner

• an apparently contradictory statement that actually contains some truth

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

An inference that does not follow logically from the premises

(literally, "does not follow")

• Parallelism

• Rhetoric

• Paradox

• Non sequitur

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3