AP Lang Final

Question 1

Anaphora

Answer 1

Repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses

Question 2

Metaphor

Answer 2

A figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared as a means of making a point (without the use of like or as)

Question 3

Litote

Answer 3

This creates exaggeration by showing restraint. It is the opposite of hyperbole.

Question 4

Personification

Answer 4

Giving human or animal attributes to non-human things

Question 5

Syntax

Answer 5

The study of rules of grammar that define the formation of sentences.
- Sentence structure

Question 6

anecdote

Answer 6

a short and amusing or interesting story about an incident, event or person

Question 7

asyndeton

Answer 7

A style in which conjunctions are omitted, usually producing fast-paced, more rapid prose.

Question 8

polysyndeton

Answer 8

The use of consecutive coordinating conjunctions even when they are not needed.

Question 9

allusion

Answer 9

A reference to a (past, present or future) event, person, or place

Question 10

analogy

Answer 10

a comparison between two different things in order to highlight some point of similarity.

Question 11

colloquialism

Answer 11

a word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one used in ordinary or familiar conversation. (slang)

Question 12

irony

Answer 12

The use of words to express something other than and often the opposite of the literal meaning.

Question 13

epistrophe

Answer 13

Ending a series of lines, phrases, clauses,
or sentences with the same word or words.

Question 14

enumeration

Answer 14

A rhetorical term for the listing of details–a type of amplification and division.

Question 15

simile

Answer 15

a comparison between things using the words “like,” “as,” or “than” in order to perceive its importance.

Question 16

apostrophe

Answer 16

Address to something/someone directly within the text

Question 17

antithesis

Answer 17

the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases or clauses (similar sentence structure); a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.

Question 18

climax

Answer 18

In rhetoric, mounting by degrees through words or sentences of increasing weight with an emphasis on the high point or culmination of an experience or series of events.

Question 19

hyperbole

Answer 19

An exaggeration that bolsters an argument

Question 20

diction

Answer 20

Particular words an author uses (aka word choice)

Question 21

ethos

Answer 21

Appeals to credibility (ethics)

Question 22

pathos

Answer 22

An appeal to emotion

Question 23

logos

Answer 23

Appeal to reason

Question 24

anadiplosis

Answer 24

A repetition technique; a word or phrase from the previous line, clause, or sentence at the beginning of the next.

Question 25

juxtaposition

Answer 25

the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases or clauses (similar sentence structure); a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.

Question 26

alliteration

Answer 26

Repetition of an initial sound in close proximity

Question 27

rhetorical question

Answer 27

A question whose answer is assumed