Important Terms for AP Language

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Across
  1. 1. Occurs when the final outcome is contradictory to what is expected.
  2. 3. One of the several ways of writing that include variety, conventions and purposes of writing.
  3. 6. Figure of speech to make intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is.
  4. 9. A word in the nominative case that completes a copulative verb.
  5. 14. Long and involved sentence marked by postponing the full idea or main point until the very end.
  6. 17. Comparing two or more objects to see similarities and differences.
  7. 24. The use of successive verbal constructions
  8. 25. Consists of a subject and predicate.
  9. 27. High-sounding language with little meaning.
  10. 28. Language designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect on its audience.
  11. 31. Ethos, Pathos, Logos, Kairos. The appeal to emotions, credibility, logic, etc.
  12. 32. A religious discourse that is intended primarily for spiritual edification; a sermon.
  13. 34. Deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, minor premise and conclusion
  14. 35. The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant or the difference between what appears to be and what is actually true.
  15. 37. The use of irony to mock or convey contempt. 76. Attitude A settled way of thinking of feeling about someone or something.
  16. 42. The general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.
  17. 44. The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
  18. 45. The use of an incorrect word in place of a similar sounding word that results in a funny expression.
  19. 47. A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense, but upon closer inspection contains some truth.
  20. 50. Mental sharpness and inventiveness.
  21. 52. Written in spoken language in its ordinary form without metrical structure.
  22. 54. An imitation that exaggerates the original item deliberately to create a comic effect.
  23. 55. Planned words in which a humorous effect is produced by using a word that results in a funny expression.
  24. 56. A figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent the whole or the whole is used to represent a part.
  25. 57. Using the five senses in writing to improve it
  26. 58. A technique used to make a reader consider a topic from a different perspective.
  27. 61. First person, second person, third person
  28. 62. The literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests
  29. 63. A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule.
  30. 65. A method of reasoning from the general to specific.
  31. 67. A method of writing development that gives a step-by-step
  32. 69. An oxymoron is a figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox.
  33. 72. A usually short narrative or an interesting, amusing or biographical incident.
  34. 75. When a reader knows more than the cthatters.
  35. 76. Persuasion through logic.
  36. 77. A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or personified abstraction.
  37. 78. How the author allows the reader to view the story.
  38. 79. A short story that uses familiar events to illustrate a religious, ethical or moral point.
  39. 80. A figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated to it.
  40. 81. The use of many words when fewer would do.
  41. 82. Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid.
  42. 83. A temporary state of mind or feeling.
  43. 84. Using background knowledge and observation to determine a conclusion that makes sense.
  44. 85. A device used to produce figurative language. Many compare dissimilar things.
  45. 86. A literary device wherein the author places a person, concept, place, idea or theme parallel to another
  46. 87. A comparison which is unlikely, but very imaginative.
Down
  1. 2. A thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another.
  2. 4. An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning,
  3. 5. The adjective, noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb.
  4. 7. A logical argument that compares two things.
  5. 8. Persuasion through credibility
  6. 9. Persuasion through emotion.
  7. 10. An author exploits a single metaphor for an extended time
  8. 11. A type of sentence in which the main idea is elaborated by the successive addition of modifying clauses or phrases.
  9. 12. The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning.
  10. 13. A pithy observation that contains a general truth.
  11. 15. Anything that represents itself and stands for something else.
  12. 16. A polite expression used to replace words or phrases considered to be harsh or impolite.
  13. 18. An adjective that is used to predicate an attribute of the subject.
  14. 19. A use of informal words or slang in writing.
  15. 20. A comparison of two things using like or as.
  16. 21. Takes what you learned and proves the importance of it. (Batman isn't a superhero; he's a vigilante)
  17. 22. Introduced by a conjunction that forms part of and is dependent on a main clause.
  18. 23. A literary technique that presents the thoughts and feelings of a character in unedited form.
  19. 26. Written or spoken communication.
  20. 29. Cause and effect.
  21. 30. A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book or myth.
  22. 33. A figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions.
  23. 36. A statement of the exact meaning of a word.
  24. 38. The effective use of rhetoric devices to prove a point.
  25. 39. The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences.
  26. 40. A method of reasoning that takes specific information and makes a broader generalization that is considered probable, but not always accurate.
  27. 41. A central topic the text covers.
  28. 43. Narration, description, exposition and argument.
  29. 46. A manner of doing something.
  30. 48. The main statement of a poem, essay, short story or novel that the author uses to convince.
  31. 49. A spoken or written representation or account of a person, object or event.
  32. 51. A category of an artistic work that is characterized by a specific style, form or content.
  33. 53. A strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound.
  34. 59. Explaining the goal of your argument.
  35. 60. An unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument.
  36. 64. A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity.
  37. 66. A pattern of essay development using examples to clarify a point
  38. 68. The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion or represent abstractions.
  39. 70. A sound word.
  40. 71. A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement.
  41. 73. A particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific group of people or area.
  42. 74. When a speaker says the opposite of what they mean.