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Question 1

Anedote

Answer 1

A short, simple narrative of an incident, often used for humorous effect or to make a point

Question 2

Argumentation

Answer 2

Writing that attempts to prove the validity of a point of view or an idea by presenting “reasoned” arguments; persuasive writing is a form of argumentation an is the focus of AP Language and Composition program

Question 3

Allegory

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An extended narrative of an incident in prose or verse in which characters, events, and settings represent abstract qualities and in which the writer intends a second meaning to be read beneath the surface of the story; the underlying meaning may be moral, religious, political, social, or satirical

Question 4

Annotation

Answer 4

Explanatory notes added to a text to explain, cite sources, or give bibliographic data. In AP Language, you will need to demonstrate DETAILED annotations on most of your readings

Question 5

Antithesis

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The presentation of 2 contrasting images. The ideas are balanced by word, phrase, clause, or paragraphs.
“To be or not to be…” “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.”

Question 6

Rhetoric

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The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figuratives of speech and other compositional techniques. This is the core of AP Language

Question 7

Colloquialism

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A word or phrase (including slang) used in everyday conversation and and informal writing but is inappropriate for formal writing. (y’all, ain’t, can’t, somethin’)

Question 8

Connotation

Answer 8

Words suggesting implied meaning because of it’s association in a reader’s mind. This is the opposite of denotation.

Question 9

Consonance

Answer 9

Repetition of identical consonant sounds within 2 or more words in close proximity: boot/beat/best/brag, or even compound words; fulfill, ping-pong

Question 10

Caricature

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Descriptive writing that greatly exaggerates a specific feature of a person’s appearance or a facet of personality

Question 11

Coherence

Answer 11

The “quality” of a piece of writing in which all the parts contribute to the development of the central idea/theme of organizing principle.

Question 12

Aphorism

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A short, often witty, statement of a principle or truth about life. Benjamin Franklin was somewhat famous for these words, “The early bird gets the worm.”

Question 13

Apostrophe

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Usually in poetry, but sometimes in prose: the device of calling a person or to a place, thing, or personified abstractions

Question 14

Cacophony

Answer 14

Also referred to as DISSONANCE… hard, awkward, or dissonant sounds used deliberately in poetry or prose; the opposite of EUPHONY

Question 15

Enumeration

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A rhetorical device used for listing the details or a process of mentioning words or phrases step by step. In fact, it is a type of amplification or division in which a subject is further distributed into components or parts. Writers use this to clarify and detail understanding

Question 16

Analogy

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A comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it. It aims at explaining that idea or thing by comparing it to something that is familiar

Question 17

Parallelism

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The use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning, or meter. Parallelism examples are found in literary works as well as in ordinary conversations

Question 18

Allusion

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A brief, indirect reference to a person, place, or thing or idea of a historical, cultural, literary, or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing in which it is referring to. It is just a passing comment and the writer expects the reader to possess enough knowledge to spot the allusion and grasp its importance in a text

Question 19

Metonymy

Answer 19

It is a figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else which it closely relates to. We can come across examples of a metonymy both from literature and from everyday life.