AP Language

Vocab
A presentation by Oliver
Watson-Mendivel, Juniper
Reed, Rylee Burchfield
 Inductive reasoning
a method of drawing conclusions by going from the specific to the general

Examples
1. It snows in my town so it
snows everywhere around the
world.
2. Every fish I’ve seen has blue
eyes so all fish have blue
eyes.
3. I have only seen birds in
California so birds only live
in California.
Theme
the central idea of a work

Examples:

1. The book focuses on themes of dark romance, loss, and historical

fiction.
2. Mary had to buy a costume so that she could attend a Marvel
themed party
3. Ross had no idea that the theme of the movie was going to be
horror.
 Trope
a figurative or metaphorical use of a word or
expression (hyperbole, metaphor, and
personification are some examples of tropes)

Examples:

1. An example of a trope is a damsel in distress.

2. Another example of a trope is the trusty
sidekick.
3. Another example of a trope is the wise old man.
 Examples:

Epigram “It is better to light a candle

than curse the darkness”
-Eleanor Roosevelt

“Every poet is not a fool”

noun- a brief but clever and
“I am not young enough to know
witty saying, quotation, or
everything” -Oscar Wilde
remark. can also describe a
piece of poetry.
 Simile
noun- a type of figurative
Examples: language that compares two
things, in order to describe
● Rylee’s hair is as bright
them, typically using words
as the sun.
“like” and “as”
● Oliver’s eyes are as blue
as sapphires.

● Their smile shines like the

sunshine.
Logos
Definition: Appeal to reason or logic.

1. Logos is when one uses statistics, data,

or facts to convince one of something.
2. An example of this is, the amount of
rainfall this year has drastically
decreased 15% according to the National
Weather Service.
3. 3. Also, The Yosemite Park Ranger Office
has stated the buffalo population has
decreased by over 200 in the past year.
Antecedent 1. The antecedent is
also referred as a
Definition: The word, phrase or noun or noun
clause to which a pronoun refers. substitute in a
sentence
2. Juniper has 3 dogs
in her home. The
antecedent is
Juniper and the
pronoun is her.
3. Lexi forgot her
books at school.
Lexi is the
antecedent and her
is the pronoun
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