AP Terms
Below you will find a list of the AP terms you will be quizzed over. As I assign quizzes, I will add the words to this list. If you would like a complete list of all 99 terms, please see the list at the bottom of this page.
Quiz #9--February 20
Anecdote
Epigram
Farce
In Media Res
Parable
Parody
Rhetoric
Satire
Quiz #8--January 23Analogy
Compound Subject
Dialect Euphemism
Imperative Inference
Persona Stereotype
Wit
Quiz #7--January 9
Allegory
Didactic
Irony:
Situational
Verbal
Dramatic
Juxtaposition
Loose Sentence
Omniscient Point of View
Periodic Sentence
Sarcasm
Quiz #6--December 5
Ambiguity
Dactyl
Dramatic Monologue
Ethos
Independent Clause
Logos
Paradox
Pathos
Subordinate Clause
Syllogism
Antithesis
Ballad
Blank Verse
Caesura
Colloquial
Conceit
Elegy
Free Verse
Genre
Heroic Couplet
Internal Rhyme
Lyric
Point of View
Prose
Realism
Quiz #4--October 10
Assonance
Consonance Couplet
Enjambment
Iamb (iambic)
Meter
Ode
Pastoral
Pentameter
Quatrain
Scansion
Sonnet
Stanza
Tetrameter
Trochee
Anaphora
Asyndeton
Exposition
Invective
Metonymy
Parallelism
Polysyndeton
Rhetorical Question
Synecdoche
Understatement
Quiz #2--September 12
Allusion
Apostrophe
Chiasmus
Connotation
Denotation
Mood
Motif
Soliloquy
Theme
Tone
Quiz #1
Alliteration Onomatopoeia
Personification
Protagonist
Simile
Symbol
Syntax
Antagonist
Hyperbole
Imagery
Metaphor
Oxymoron
Diction
Flashback
Foreshadowing
Complete List of AP Terms:
1. Allegory
2. Alliteration
3. Allusion
4. Ambiguity
5. Analogy
6. Anaphora
7. Anecdote
8. Antithesis
9. Apostrophe
10. Assonance
11. Asyndeton
12. Ballad
13. Blank Verse
14. Caesura
15. Chiasmus
16. Colloquial/Colloquialism
17. Compound Subject
18. Conceit
19. Connotation
20. Consonance
21. Couplet
22. Dactyl
23. Denotation
24. Dialects
25. Diction
26. Didactic
27. Dramatic Monologue
28. Elegy
29. Enjambment
30. Epigram
31. Ethos
32. Euphemism
33. Exposition
34. Farce
35. Flashback
36. Foreshadowing
37. Free verse
38. Genre
39. Heroic couplet
40. Hyperbole
41. Iamb (iambic)
42. Imagery
43. Imperative
44. Independent Clause
45. In Media Res
46. Inference
47. Internal rhyme
48. Invective
49. Irony/Ironic
a. Verbal Irony
b. Situational Irony
c. Dramatic Irony
50. Jargon
51. Juxtaposition
52. Loose Sentence
53. Lyric(al)
54. Metaphor-
55. Meter
56. Metonymy
57. Mood
58. Motif
59. Ode
60. Omniscient Point of View
61. Onomatopoeia
62. Oxymoron
63. Parable
64. Paradox
65. Parallelism
66. Parody
67. Pastoral
68. Pathos
69. Pentameter
70. Periodic Sentence
71. Persona
72. Personification
73. Point of View
74. Polysyndeton
75. Prose
76. Protagonist/Antagonist
77. Quatrain
78. Realism
79. Rhetoric
80. Rhetorical Question
81. Sarcasm
82. Satire
83. Scansion
84. Simile
85. Soliloquy
86. Sonnet
87. Stanza
88. Stereotype
89. Subordinate Clause
90. Syllogism
91. Symbol/Symbolism
92. Synecdoche
93. Syntax
94. Tetrameter
95. Theme
96. Tone
97. Trochee
98. Understatement
99. Wit
