AP Vocabulary from The Crucible critical reading
Find the definition and at least one example of each of these words. If you feel you know
the word already and would be able to define it and find an example of one in text, you
do not need to look them up.
Irony
Sarcasm
Wordplay
Hyperbole
Foreshadowing
Symbolism
Comic relief
Ellipsis
Antithesis
Anticlimax
Simile
Allusion
Metonymy
Synecdoche
syllepsis
chiasmus
parallelism
litotes
rhetorical questions
euphemism
personification
aphorism
metaphor
anaphora
Please have the list ready to be checked on Friday, September 29th. We will have our test
on October 6.
AP Vocabulary from The Crucible critical reading
Find the definition and at least one example of each of these words. If you feel you know
the word already and would be able to define it and find an example of one in text, you
do not need to look them up.
Irony
Sarcasm
Wordplay
Hyperbole
Foreshadowing
Symbolism
Comic relief
Ellipsis
Antithesis
Anticlimax
Simile
Allusion
Metonymy
Synecdoche
syllepsis
chiasmus
parallelism
litotes
rhetorical questions
euphemism
personification
aphorism
metaphor
anaphora
Please have the list ready to be checked on Friday, September 29th. We will have our test
on October 6.