AP Language Notes 1-20

Question 1

a short simple narrative of an incident, often used for humorous effect or to make a point

Answer 1

anecdote

Question 2

writing that attempts to prove the validity of a point of view or an idea by representing “reasoned” arguments; persuasive writing is a form argumentation and is the focus of the AP Language and composition program

Answer 2

argumentation

Question 3

an extended narrative of an incident in prose or verse in which characteristics, events, and settings represent abstract qualities and in which the writer intends a seconds meaning to be read beneath the surface of the story; the underlying meaning may be moral, religious, political, social or satiric

Answer 3

annotation

Question 4

the presentation of two contrasting images. The ideas are balanced by word, phrase, clause, or paragraphs. “To be or not to be…” “Ask not what you can do for your country.”

Answer 4

antithesis

Question 5

the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques. This is the CORE of the AP Language program

Answer 5

rhetoric

Question 6

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

Answer 6

colloquialism

Question 7

words suggesting implied meaning because of its association in a readers mind

Answer 7

connotation

Question 8

repetition of identical consonant sounds within two or more words in close proximity; boot/beat/best/brag or even compound words for fulfill, ping-pong

Answer 8

consonance

Question 9

descriptive writing that greatly exaggerated a specific feature of a persons appearance or facet of personality

Answer 9

caricature

Question 10

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

Answer 10

coherence

Question 11

A short, often witty, statement of a principal or truth about life. Benjamin Franklin was somewhat famous for these in Poor Richards almanac, e.g “The early bird gets the worm”

Answer 11

aphorism

Question 12

usually in poetry, but sometimes in prose: the device of calling out to an imaginary, dead, or to a place, thing, or personified abstraction

Answer 12

apostrophe

Question 13

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

Answer 13

cacophony

Question 14

words suggesting implied meaning because of its association in a readers mind

Answer 14

connotation

Question 15

dictionary definition

Answer 15

denotation

Question 16

a rhetorical device used for listing the 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 to clarify and detail understand

Answer 16

enumeration

Question 17

a figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else which is closely associated. We can come across examples of metonymy both from literature and in everyday life. DO NOT confuse this with a metaphor as a metonymy is not creating a comparison

Answer 17

metonymy

Question 18

in writing speech the the deliberate repetition of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect known as anaphora. Anaphora, possibly the oldest literary device, has its roots in biblical psalms used to emphasize certain words or phases. Gradually, Elizabethan and Romantic writers brought this into bought this device into practice.

Answer 18

anaphora

Question 19

derived from a greek word that means turning upon, which indicates the same word returns at the end of each sentence. Epistrophe is a stylistic device that can be defined as the repetition of phrases or words at the end of the clauses or sentences. It is also called epiphora. Epistrophe examples are frequently found in literary pieces , in persuasive writing and speeches. The opposite of epistrophe is??? asyndeton

Answer 19

epistrophe

Question 20

an extended narrative of an incident in prose or verse in which characters, events, and settings represent abstract qualities and in which the writer intends a second meaning to be read beneath the surface of the story; the underlying meaning may be moral, religious, political, social, or satiric

Answer 20

allegory