AP Exam

Question 1

allegory

Answer 1

a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning

Question 2

allusion

Answer 2

historical reference

Question 3

antithesis

Answer 3

contrasting ideas

Question 4

aphorism

Answer 4

concise statement to make a point

Question 5

apostrophe

Answer 5

addressing an inanimate object or nonpresent person

Question 6

assonance

Answer 6

repetition of vowel sounds,

“she sells sea shells”

Question 7

conceit

Answer 7

comparison of two unlikely things

Question 8

consonance

Answer 8

repetition of two or more consonants

“splish-splash”

Question 9

didactic

Answer 9

writing has a message or purpose

Question 10

ethos

Answer 10

credibility or character

Question 11

euphemism

Answer 11

less harsh way to say unpleasant information

Question 12

jargon

Answer 12

technical language of a profession

• virus
• bug

Question 13

juxtaposition

Answer 13

location of one thing adjacent to another to create an effect

Question 14

metonymy

Answer 14

figure of speech in which a feature is used to name or designate something

Question 15

mode of discourse

Answer 15

the way information is presented in a written form

Question 16

pathos

Answer 16

emotions

Question 17

rebuttal/refutation

Answer 17

argument technique wherein opposing arguments are anticipated and countered

Question 18

synecdoche

Answer 18

a figure of speech representing the whole

-50 masks instead of 50 ships

Question 19

aposiopesis

Answer 19

breaking off in midstream

Question 20

litotes

Answer 20

rhetorical uses of the negative

Question 21

symploce

Answer 21

repetition at the start and end

Question 22

polysyndeton

Answer 22

using extra conjunctions

Question 23

ellipsis

Answer 23

leaving out words

Question 24

anaphora

Answer 24

repetition at the start

Question 25

anastrophe

Answer 25

inversion of words or unexpected word order

Question 26

praeteritio

Answer 26

saying things by not saying them

Question 27

polyptoton

Answer 27

repetition at the root

Question 28

isocolon

Answer 28

parallel structure

Question 29

anadiplosis

Answer 29

repeating the ending at the beginning

Question 30

asyndeton

Answer 30

leaving out conjunctions

Question 31

metanoia

Answer 31

correcting oneself

Question 32

epistrophe

Answer 32

repetition at the end

Question 33

hypophora

Answer 33

asking questions and answering them

Question 34

erotema

Answer 34

rhetorical questions

Question 35

chiasmus

Answer 35

reversal of structure

Question 36

prolepsis

Answer 36

anticipating objections and meeting them

Question 37

symploce

Answer 37

repetition at the start and end

Question 38

logos

Answer 38

logic