AP Lang / Comp Vocab List
101 - 105
101 - 105
"One of a kind."
What is UNIQUE?
The lack of emphasis in a statement or point; restraint in language often used for ironic or humorous effect. Ex - The Black Knight in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" referring to his loss of a limb as "just a flesh wound".
What is an UNDERSTATEMENT?
In rhetoric, a distinctive quality in the style and tone of writing.
What is VOICE?
This helps students raise their grades, gives them the advantage to keep their grades up, and teachers love it when students take the initiative to complete these projects.
What is EXTRA CREDIT?
To plus something - to put together.
What is ADDITIONAL?
The central idea in a work to which all parts of the work refer.
What is THESIS?
A premise that is implied but not explicitly stated.
What is UNSTATED PREMISE?
A construction in which one word (usually a verb) modifies or governs - often in different, sometimes in congruent ways - two or more words in a sentence.
What is ZEUGMA?
Points that are given in addition to the current total of points received on an assignment.
What are BONUS POINTS?
This is used to describe when you remember that someone has done something special, and decide to recognize their efforts with an award or speech. This type of recognition is a form of acknowledgment.
What is SPECIAL RECOGNITION?
An explicit statement of the central idea in a work.
What is THESIS STATEMENT?
An argument in which its premises are valid, but not necessarily proven to be true.
What is a VALID ARGUMENT?
A native or inhabitant of ancient Sparta; a person of great courage and self-discipline.
What is a SPARTAN?
More than is required. This somewhat above and beyond here both denote excess, often precedes the call of duty, which means exceeding what a particular job requires.
What is GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND?
A method of studying in which lectures are broadcast or classes are conducted by correspondence or over the Internet, without the student's needing to attend a school or college.
What is DISTANCE LEARNING? (or Continuous Learning)
The speaker's attitude toward the subject or audience as conveyed by the connotation of their diction.
What is TONE?
A contradiction between what is said and what is meant.
What is VERBAL IRONY?
Individuals who "perform better or achieve more success than expected."
What is an OVER ACHIEVER?
In addition to,
What is BONUS?
Next to last.
What is an PENULTIMATE?
Artful diction; the use of language in a non-literal way; also called a figure of speech.
What is TROPE?
The every-day, ordinary language or dialect of a particular group.
What is VERNACULAR?
To go beyond what is necessary or expected in order to please someone, achieve something, or get something done correctly.
What is GOING THE EXTRA MILE?
A thing given in recognition of one's service, effort, or achievement.
What is a REWARD?
The placement of a student in a high school course that offers college credit if successfully completed.
What is ADVANCED PLACEMENT?