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TERMINOLOGY FOR PRE-AP ENGLISH 1
The following list has not simply been given to you as busy work. These terms and definitions are crucial for you
to incorporate in to your everyday academic vocabulary “toolbox”. The following list of terms serve to aid you in
your understanding of exams such as the SAT, ACT, STAAR, and AP tests. These terms and definitions offer a
strong base to truly build your advanced academic knowledge. Please keep this handout in a safe place. We will
discuss these terms in class. I will also periodically assign sections or certain terms as homework or in class work.
Again, DO NOT THROW THIS LIST AWAY!
GRAMMAR
COMPOSITION
Tone/ Attitude/ Effect
Word Choice
Theme
Inference
Syntax
Style
Main Idea
Author’s Purpose
Point of View
First person
Second person
Third person
Limited
Omniscient
Limited Omniscient
Objective Narrator
Audience
Character
Protagonist
Antagonist
Structure
Expository Writing
Procedural Text
Persuasive Writing
Descriptive Writing
Narrative Writing
Thesis Statement
Paraphrase
Diction
Connotation
Denotation
Archetype
Rhetorical
Devices
Argument
Logical Fallacy
Claim
Modes of Discourse
Shift (Progression)
-in poem
-in tone
-in focus
Figurative Language
Alliteration
Allusion
Antithesis
Apostrophe
Assonance
Consonance
Figure of speech
Flashback
Hyperbole
Imagery
Irony
Metaphor
Mood
Motivation
Onomatopoeia
Paradox
Personification
Pun
Repetition
Rhyme
Sarcasm
Simile
Symbol
Understatement
(meiosis, litotes)
STAAR/ MISC. TERMINOLOGY
Analogy
Critique
Substantiated
Controlling Idea
Summarize
Inductive Reasoning
Drawing Conclusions
Complex Inference
Genre
Aesthetic Effect
Etymology
Opinion
Unsubstantiated
Transition
Inference
Deductive Reasoning
Generalization
Subtle Inference
Embedded Quotation
Stylistic Device
Noun
Verb
Adjective
Adverb
Pronoun
Conjunction
Preposition
Interjection
Object of the preposition
Prepositional phrase
Direct object
Indirect object
Predicate Adjective
Predicate Nominative
Compound subject
Compound verb
Verbals
Verbal phrase
Gerunds
Gerund phrase
Participles
Participial phrase
Infinitives
Infinitive phrase
Ambiguous pronoun reference
Dash
Delayed subject
Expletive
Nonrestrictive relative clause
Reciprocal pronoun
Sign of the infinitive
Subjunctive mood
Antecedent
Coordinating conjunction
(FANBOYS)
SENTENCE PATTERNS
Declarative sentence
Imperative sentence
Exclamatory sentence
Simple sentence
Compound sentence
Complex sentence
Compound-complex sentence
Inverted order of a sentence
Juxtaposition
Parallel structure
Clause
Phrase
Run-on sentence
Fragment
Parallel sentence structure
S-V
S-V-DO
S-V-IO-DO
S-LV-PA
S-LV-PN
FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES
A la carte
Au naturel
Bon appetite
Bourgeois
C’est la vie
Déjà vu
En route
Femme fatale
Je ne sais quoi
Nom de plume
Ambiance
Avant-garde
Bon voyage
Carte blanche
Cliché
Double entendre
Faux pas
Haute couture
Laissez faire
Par excellence
Rendezvous
Tete-a-tete
Vis-à-vis
Réponde, s'il vous plait
Tour de force
Identify what the images below represent and explain them in detail.
Please use academically sound resources.
Speaker
(Writer)
Audience
(Reader)
Ethos
Text
Text
Subject
Pathos
Logos