AP Lang. 2

Question 1

Consonance

Answer 1

Repetition of identical consonant sounds within two or more words in close proximity: boot/beat/best/brag

Question 2

Caricature`

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Coherence

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Aphorism

Answer 4

A short, often witty statement of a principle of truth about life. Ben Franklin was somewhat famous for these in Poor Richard’s Almanac, e.g. “The Early Bird Gets the Worm”

Question 5

Synechdoche

Answer 5

Figure of speech in which a part of speech is used as a whole

Question 6

Metonymy

Answer 6

Figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated

Question 7

Apostrophe

Answer 7

Usually in poetry, but sometimes in prose: the device of calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person or to a place, thing, or personified attraction.

Question 8

Cacophony

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Connotation-Denotation

Answer 9

Denotation - Objective meaning, independent of other associations

Question 10

Enumeration

Answer 10

a rhetorical device used for listing 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 11

Analogy

Answer 11

A comparison in which an idea or thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it