ELA AP Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. a brief poem or other writing in praise of a deceased person.
  2. 4. the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
  3. 6. ironic understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary
  4. 7. insulting, abusive, or highly critical language.
  5. 10. placement in a lower class, rank, or position
  6. 11. a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly.
  7. 14. the proper and distinctive personality of an individual.
  8. 16. the use of irony to mock or convey contempt.
  9. 18. special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand.
  10. 20. the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
  11. 21. used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary
  12. 23. A statement that is made to create or prove an argument. These are “controversial” because not everyone agrees with them, so they cannot be effective without evidence.
  13. 25. intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.
  14. 26. A speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly, typically someone who has just died.
  15. 27. a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.
  16. 29. It asserts that a proposition is true because it has not yet been proven false or a proposition is false because it has not yet been proven true
  17. 31. an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.
  18. 33. Repetition of words at the end of phrases or clauses.
  19. 34. the repeating of words or phrases inside a collection of sentences, clauses, or poetry lines is known as anaphora
  20. 35. The repetition of similar vowel sounds or syllables of successive words, especially in a line of poetry.
  21. 37. the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant
  22. 38. the part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject
Down
  1. 1. a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
  2. 3. In grammar it is a word or phrase used to refer to something else, often a pronoun, although not always.
  3. 5. a writer hints at something, expecting the reader to understand their implied reference.
  4. 7. the action or process of inducting someone to a position or organization.
  5. 8. A mild or indirect substitute for a word or phrase that is too harsh or blunt, softer substitute for something that could be unpleasant or embarrassing
  6. 9. a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses
  7. 12. the state of being parallel or of corresponding in some way.
  8. 13. a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning
  9. 15. a mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument.
  10. 17. is a speech or address to a person who is not present or to a personified object
  11. 19. A particular type of category of literature, painting, music, film, or other art form which is catergorized by a particular style, form, or content.
  12. 22. visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work
  13. 24. the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness.
  14. 28. a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
  15. 29. in poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible
  16. 30. is a figure of speech where a part of a sentence is reversed, creating a symmetrical structure of a sentence.
  17. 32. a particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group.
  18. 36. a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
  19. 38. a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true.