A.P. English Language and Composition Vocabulary List

Language/Diction:
1. connotation
2. denotation
3. formal (as in writing style)
4. informal (as in writing style)
5. literal
6. figurative
7. metaphorical
8. ironical (as in verbal irony)
9. non-standard
10. idiom

Syntax:
11. diction
12. syntax
13. clause
14. phrase
15. subordinate clause
16. dependent clause
17. independent clause
18. parallel construction
19. antecedent
20. rhetorical question

Syntax and Sentence Structure:
21. fragment
22. loose
23. periodic
24. staccato
25. simple
26. compound
27. complex
28. compound-complex
29. passive voice
30. active voice

Style and Point of View:
31. inverted sentence
32. repetition
33. primer prose
34. purple prose
35. stream of consciousness
36. omniscient point of view
37. limited omniscient point of view
38. first person point of view
39. second person point of view
40. objective point of view

Figurative Devices:
41. figurative language
42. simile
43. metaphor
44. extended metaphor (conceit)
45. apostrophe
46. allusion
47. personification
48. metonymy
49. synecdoche
50. imagery

Figurative Devices:
51. allegory
52. alliteration
53. analogy
54. hyperbole
55. litotes
56. onomatopoeia
57. oxymoron
58. syllogism
59. symbol
60. synesthesia

Narrative Devices:
61. plot
62. subplot
63. exposition
64. conflict
65. rising action
66. climax
67. falling action
68.