AP Notes 1-20

Question 1

ancedote

Answer 1

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

Question 2

argumentation

Answer 2

writing that attempts to prove the validity of a point of view or an idea by presenting “reasoned” arguments.

Question 3

allegory

Answer 3

an extended narrative of an incident in prose or verse in which characters ,events, and settings represent abstract qualities. Writer intends second meaning.

Question 4

annotation

Answer 4

explanatory notes added to text to explain, cite sources, or give bibliographic data.

Question 5

antithesis

Answer 5

the presentation of two contrasting images.

Question 6

rhetoric

Answer 6

the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing.

Question 7

colloquialism

Answer 7

a word of phrase (including slang) used in everyday conversation and informal writing. (y’all, ain’t, can’t, somethin’)

Question 8

connotation

Answer 8

words suggesting implied meaning because of its association in a reader’s mind.

Question 9

consonance

Answer 9

repetition of identical consonant sounds within two or more words in close proximity.

Question 10

caricature

Answer 10

descriptive writing that greatly exaggerates a specific feature of a person’s appearance.

Question 11

Aphorism

Answer 11

a short statement of a principle or truth about life.

Question 12

Apostrophe

Answer 12

the device of calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person or to a place, thing, or personified abstraction.

Question 13

Cacophony

Answer 13

hard, awkward, or dissonant sounds used deliberately in poetry or prose.

Question 14

Enumeration

Answer 14

rhetorical device used for listing the details or a process of mentioning words or phrases step by step.

Question 15

Analogy

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Parallelism

Answer 16

use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same or similar.

Question 17

Allusion

Answer 17

brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political

Question 18

Metonymy

Answer 18

figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated. ,

Question 19

Anaphora

Answer 19

in writing or speech, the deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect.

Question 20

Epistrophe

Answer 20

means turning upon, which indicates the same word returns at the end of each sentence.