1. AP vocab test # 1 25 words

2. Alliteration

3. The beginning sound in a series of words is the same.

4. Allusion

5. When a reference is made in a text that point to another text, historical event or work of art.

6. Ambiguity

7. When arguments of equal validity can be made for opposite conclusions

8. Anachronism

9. An item out of it’s proper time period

10. Trope

11. The individual word being manipulated to create a figure of speech

12. Zuegma

13. When a grammatical element is used once then omitted, but understood, in the following phrases.

14. Anaphora

15. Repetition of a word or phrase at multiple beginnings of lines, sentences or paragraphs.

16. Anecdote

17. A short tale, sometimes told in the context of a larger work.

18. Archetype

19. Recurring characters in literature whose roles are predefined, recognizable and dependable.

20. Assonance

21. Repetition of a vowel sound throughout a line of poetry, not always located at the beginning of a word.

22. Caricature

23. A character in literature who features or characteristics are exaggerated to the point of being ridiculous.

24. Conceit

25. A poem that sustains a metaphor throughout its entirety.

26. Connotation

27. The portion of a word’s definition that is culturally specific and often not found in the dictionary; word baggage, slang, non-mainstream meaning.

28. Consonance

29. Repetition of a consonant sound throughout a line of poetry, not always located at the beginning of a word.

30. Denotation

31. The dictionary definition of a word; literal meaning.

32. Dramatic irony

33. A situation where an audience or reader has information regarding plot development that one or more characters in the work lack.

34. Hyperbole

35. Exaggeration for effect

36. Onomatopoeia

37. Words whose pronunciation mirrors the actual sound indicated by the words

38. Syntax

39. The way words are put together to form sentences.

40. Diction

41. The individual words chosen

42. Personification

43. The giving on human traits to non- human objects. Type of metaphor.

44. Metaphor

45. Comparison of two non-like object that share attributes without the use of like or as.

46. Oxymoron

47. Two contradictory, yet true, terms

48. Paradox

49. A situation that is true while simultaneously being false.

50. Stock character

51. Recurring characters in literature whose roles are predefined, recognizable and dependable.