AP vocab test # 1 25 words
Dec 14, 2015
AP vocab test # 1
25 words
Alliteration
The beginning sound in a series of words is the same.
Allusion
When a reference is made in a text that point to another text, historical event or work of art.
Ambiguity
When arguments of equal validity can be made for opposite conclusions
Anachronism
An item out of it’s proper time period
Trope
The individual word being manipulated to create a figure of speech
Zuegma
When a grammatical element is used once then omitted, but understood, in the following phrases.
Anaphora
Repetition of a word or phrase at multiple beginnings of lines, sentences or paragraphs.
Anecdote
A short tale, sometimes told in the context of a larger work.
Archetype
Recurring characters in literature whose roles are predefined, recognizable and dependable.
Assonance
Repetition of a vowel sound throughout a line of poetry, not always located at the beginning of a word.
Caricature
A character in literature who features or characteristics are exaggerated to the point of being ridiculous.
Conceit
A poem that sustains a metaphor throughout its entirety.
Connotation
The portion of a word’s definition that is culturally specific and often not found in the dictionary; word baggage, slang, non-mainstream meaning.
Consonance
Repetition of a consonant sound throughout a line of poetry, not always located at the beginning of a word.
Denotation
The dictionary definition of a word; literal meaning.
Dramatic irony
A situation where an audience or reader has information regarding plot development that one or more characters in the work lack.
Hyperbole
Exaggeration for effect
Onomatopoeia
Words whose pronunciation mirrors the actual sound indicated by the words
Syntax
The way words are put together to form sentences.
Diction
The individual words chosen
Personification
The giving on human traits to non-human objects. Type of metaphor.
Metaphor
Comparison of two non-like object that share attributes without the use of like or as.
Oxymoron
Two contradictory, yet true, terms
Paradox
A situation that is true while simultaneously being false.
Stock character
Recurring characters in literature whose roles are predefined, recognizable and dependable.