AP Lang 1

Question 1

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

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Anecdote

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writing that attempts to prove the validity of a point of view or an idea by presenting “reasoned” arguments

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Argumentation

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an extended narrative of an incident in prose or verse in which characters, events, and settings, represent abstract qualities and which a writer intends a second meaning to be read

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Allegory

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explanatory notes added to a text to explain, cite sources, or give bibliographical data

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Annotation

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the presentation of two contrasting images. The ideas are balanced by a word, phrase, clause, or paragraphs

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Antithesis

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

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Rhetoric

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a word or phrase used in everyday conversation and informal writing but that is usually inappropriate in formal writing

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Colloquialism

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words suggesting implied meaning because of its association in the readers mind

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Connotation

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repetition of identical consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity

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Consonance

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

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Caricature

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the “quality” of a piece of writing in which all the parts contribute to the development of the central idea

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Coherence

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a short, often witty, statement of a principle or truth about life

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Aphorism

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usually in poetry, but sometimes in prose, the device of calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person

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Apostrophe

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also referred to as dissonance, hard, awkward a dissonant sounds used deliberately in poetry or prose

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Cacophony

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connotation is the feelings associated with a word, denotation is the dictionary definition of the word

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Connotation/Denotation

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a rhetorical device used for listing the details or a process of mentioning words or phrases step by step

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Enumeration

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it is an attempt to explain something by comparing it to something familiar

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Analogy

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use of components in a sentence that sound similar meaning and grammatically

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Parallelism

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a passing, not in depth, reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical significance

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Allusion

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figure of speech, replaces name of something with what is closely associated

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Metaphor

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writing or speech is deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence to achieve an artistic effect

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Anaphor

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the same word returns at the end of each sentence. Stylistic device that can be defined as the repetition of phrases or words at the end of clauses or sentences

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Epistrophe

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a stylistic device used in literature and poetry to intentionally eliminate conjunctions between the phrases and in the sentence, yet maintain the grammatical accuracy

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Asyndeton

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it makes the use of coordinating conjunctions like “and”, “or”, “but”, and “nor” which are used to join successive words, phrases, or clauses in a way that these conjunctions are even used where they might have been omitted

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Polysyndeton

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a literary device in which a part of something replaces the whole or it may use a whole to represent a part

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Synecdoche

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the attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience

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Tone

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a step by step breakdown of the phrases of a process, used to convey the details of each phrase of thinking, an operation etc.

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Process Analysis

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a set of rules in a language, it dictates how words from different parts of speech are put together in order to convey a complete thought

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Syntax

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“diction” is our choice of words, thus “provocative diction” is the purposeful choice of words serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate a provocative question that will frame a rhetorical argument

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Provocative Diction

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the action or process of classifying something according to shared qualities or characteristics. Often used to provide the reader with structures to your argument

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Classification

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the opposite of a hyperbole or overstatement

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Understatement

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a very purposeful word choice that will serve to accentuate meaning and tone

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Colorful Diction

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an argument or set of responses put forward to oppose an idea or theory developed in another argument. When writing in the argumentative mode it is mandatory to acknowledge the “other side” of the argument

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Counterargument

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if someone gives an argument to support his/her position, it is called making a claim

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Claim

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a type of literary device that approves in different categories of essays and theses in the form of paraphrase and quotations

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Evidence

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the “glue” that holds the argument together

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Warrant

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an erroneous argument dependent upon an unsound or illogical contention

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Fallacy

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in argumentation, a formal fallacy is a pattern of reasoning/thinking rendered invalid by a flaw in its logical structure that can be neatly expressed in a standard logic system

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Logical Fallacy

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has all the elements of a prediction except the element of time. Without the element of time, a prophecy is hard to determine

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Prophecy

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a forecast made by those who calculate the parameters of the subject involved after evaluating the odds they can predict the future

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Prediction

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a short, pointed and memorable saying based on facts, and is considered a veritable truth by the majority of people

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Adage

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someone who is concerned with precision, formalism, accuracy, minute details in order to make an arrogant and ostentatious show of learning

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Pendantic

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lacking proper respect or seriousness. This is often associated with the impatience of youth

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Flippant

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the use of language that “suggests” meanings other than the denotative. Language that connects with emotions and feelings not associated with the actual meaning of the word

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Evocative