ELA AP Vocab
Across
- 2. a brief poem or other writing in praise of a deceased person.
- 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.
- 6. ironic understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary
- 7. insulting, abusive, or highly critical language.
- 10. placement in a lower class, rank, or position
- 11. a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly.
- 14. the proper and distinctive personality of an individual.
- 16. the use of irony to mock or convey contempt.
- 18. special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand.
- 20. the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
- 21. used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary
- 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.
- 25. intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.
- 26. A speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly, typically someone who has just died.
- 27. a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.
- 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
- 31. an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.
- 33. Repetition of words at the end of phrases or clauses.
- 34. the repeating of words or phrases inside a collection of sentences, clauses, or poetry lines is known as anaphora
- 35. The repetition of similar vowel sounds or syllables of successive words, especially in a line of poetry.
- 37. the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant
- 38. the part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject
Down
- 1. a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
- 3. In grammar it is a word or phrase used to refer to something else, often a pronoun, although not always.
- 5. a writer hints at something, expecting the reader to understand their implied reference.
- 7. the action or process of inducting someone to a position or organization.
- 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
- 9. a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses
- 12. the state of being parallel or of corresponding in some way.
- 13. a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning
- 15. a mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument.
- 17. is a speech or address to a person who is not present or to a personified object
- 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.
- 22. visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work
- 24. the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness.
- 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.
- 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
- 30. is a figure of speech where a part of a sentence is reversed, creating a symmetrical structure of a sentence.
- 32. a particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group.
- 36. a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
- 38. a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true.