AP Lang. 1

Question 1

Anecdote

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 idea by presenting “reasoned” arguments.

Question 3

Allegory

Answer 3

extended narrative of an incident in prose or verse which character, events, and settings represent abstract qualities. The writer intends an under lying meaning which may be moral, religious, or political.

Question 4

Annotation

Answer 4

explanatory notes added to a text to explain, cite sources,or give bibliographies.

Question 5

Synecdoche

Answer 5

a figure of speech in which part is used for the whole, the whole for the part, the specific for the general, the general for the specific, or the material for the thing made from it

Question 6

Metronome

Answer 6

figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is close assosiated

Question 7

Antithesis

Answer 7

the presentation of two contrasting images. Ideas balanced by word , phrase, clause, or paragraph

Question 8

Rhetoric

Answer 8

the art of effective of persuasive speaking or writing especially in the use of figures of speech and other composition techneques

Question 9

Colloquialism

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Connotation

Answer 10

implied meaning to a word form the reader’s mind. Opposite of Dennotation