AP Lang - AP Terms #3 (inference-parallelism)

Question 1

to draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented

Answer 1

inference

Question 2

an emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language; an insult.

Answer 2

invective

Question 3

the contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really mean; what’s expected and what happens.

Answer 3

irony

Question 4

type of sentence in which the main idea comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units (phrases and clauses).

Answer 4

loose sentence

Question 5

figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things OR the substitution of one for the other.

Answer 5

metaphor

Question 6

figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it.

Answer 6

metonymy

Question 7

element evoking certain feelings in readers through words and descriptions.

Answer 7

mood

Question 8

a telling of a story or an account of event(s).

Answer 8

narrative

Question 9

figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words.

Answer 9

onomatopoeia

Question 10

figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox.
ex. “jumbo shrimp”

Answer 10

oxymoron

Question 11

statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense, yet contains some degree of truth.

Answer 11

paradox

Question 12

the grammatical/rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity.

Answer 12

parallelism