✍🏽AP English Language
Key Terms
200 essential vocabulary terms and definitions to know for your AP English Language exam
Most-studied AP English Language key terms
The AP English Language terms students look up most, with a definition for each.
Key Terms by Unit
1.1 Identifying the purpose and intended audience of a text
1.2 Examining how evidence supports a claim
1.3 Developing paragraphs as part of an effective argument
2.1 Analyzing audience and its relationship to the purpose of an argument
2.2 Building an argument with relevant and strategic evidence
2.3 Developing thesis statements
2.4 Developing structure and integrating evidence to reflect a line of reasoning
3.1 Interpreting character description and perspective
3.2 Identifying and avoiding flawed lines of reasoning
3.3 Introducing and integrating sources and evidence
3.5 Attributing and citing references
3.6 Developing parts of a text with cause-effect and narrative methods
4.2 Developing introductions and conclusions
5.1 Developing commentary throughout paragraphs
5.3 Using modifiers to qualify an argument and convey perspective
5.4 Using transitions
5.2 Maintaining ideas throughout an argument
6.1 Incorporating multiple perspectives strategically into an argument
6.2 Recognizing and accounting for bias
6.3 Adjusting an Argument to New Evidence
6.4 Analyzing Tone and Shifts in Tone
7.1 Examining complexities in issues
7.2 Considering how words, phrases, and clauses can modify and limit an argument
7.4 Exploring how sentence development affects an argument
8.1 Choosing comparisons based on an audience
8.2 Considering how sentence development and word choice affect how the writer is perceived by an audience
8.3 Considering how all choices made in an argument affect the audience
8.4 Considering how style affects an argument
9.1 Strategically conceding, rebutting, or refuting information
9.2 Crafting an argument through stylistic choices like word choice and description
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