AP Deck 1

Question 1

Anecdote

Answer 1

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.

Question 3

Allegory

Answer 3

An extended narrative of an incident in prose and 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 satiric.

Question 4

Annotation

Answer 4

Explanatory notes added to a text to explain, cite sources, or give bibliographic data.

Question 5

Antithesis

Answer 5

The presentation of two 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, ask what you can do for your country.”

Question 6

Rhetoric

Answer 6

The art of effective or persuasive speaking of writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.

Question 7

Colloquialism

Answer 7

a word or phrase (including slang) used I everyday conversation and informal
writing but that is often inappropriate in formal writing (y’all, ain’t, can’t, somethin’)

Question 8

Connotation

Answer 8

words suggesting implied meaning because of its association in a reader’s mind. This
is the opposite of “denotation.

Question 9

Consonance

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Caricature

Answer 10

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