AP Lang. 5

Question 1

Adage

Answer 1

short, pointed and memorable saying based on facts, and is considered a
veritable truth by the majority of people. In fact, an adage expresses a general fact or truth about life. As it becomes
popular, it is then accepted as a universal truth

Question 2

Pedantic

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Flippant

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Evocative

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Syntactial Inverstion

Answer 5

Also called an anastrophe, in literary style and rhetoric, the syntactic reversal of the normal order of the words and phrases in a sentence, as in English, the placing of an adjective after the noun it modifies (“the form divine”), a verb before its subject (“came the dawn”).

Question 6

Apposition

Answer 6

A grammatical construction in which two elements, normally noun phrases, are placed side by side, with one element serving to identify the other in a different way. The two elements are said to be in apposition.

Question 7

Didactic

Answer 7

The word didactic is frequently used for those literary texts which are overloaded with informative or realistic matter and are marked by the omission of graceful + pleasuring details. A derogatory term to forms of literature that are dull. Some can be entertaining.

Question 8

Conceit

Answer 8

When two vastly different objects are likened together with the help of similes or metaphors. They have a shocking or surprising effect on the readers because they are novel comparisons unlike similes and metaphors.

Question 9

Periodic Sentence

Answer 9

Has the main clause or predicate at he end. This is used for the emphasis and can be persuasive by putting reasons for something at the beginning before the final point is made.
EX: “In spite of heavy snow and cold temperatures, the game continued

Question 10

Paradox

Answer 10

a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or silly but may include a latent truth. It is also used to illustrate an opinion or statement contrary to accepted traditional ideas
EX: “I must be cruel to be kind”

Question 11

Irony

Answer 11

a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning
is different from the actual meaning of the words. It may also be a situation that may end up in
quite a different way than what is generally anticipated. In simple words, it is a difference between
the appearance and the reality.