AP 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 presenting “reasoned” arguments; persuasive writing is a form of argumentation and is the focus of the AP language and composition program.

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Argumentation

Question 3

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

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Allegory

Question 4

Explanatory notes added to a text to explain, cite sources or give bibliographic data in AP language you will need to demonstrate detailed annotation on most of your readings.

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Annotation

Question 5

The presentation of two contrasting images. The ideas are balanced by word, phrase, clause, or paragraphs.

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Antithesis

Question 6

The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.

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Rhetoric

Question 7

A word or a phrase used in everyday conversation and informal writing but that is often inappropriate in formal writing

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Colloquialism

Question 8

Words suggesting implied meaning because of its association in a readers mind opposite of denotation

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Connotation

Question 9

Repetition of identical consonant within two or more words in close proximity or even compound words

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Consonance

Question 10

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 a read beneath the surface of the story; the underlying meaning may be moral, religious, political, social or satiric.

Answer 10

Allegory

Question 11

Explanatory notes added to a text to explain, cite sources, or give bibliographic data. In AP Lang you will need to demonstrate detailed annotation on most of your readings.

Answer 11

Annotation

Question 12

The presentation of two contrasting images the ideas are balanced by word, phrase, clause, or paragraphs.

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Antithesis

Question 13

The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.

Answer 13

Rhetoric

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Colloquialism

Question 15

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

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Connotation

Question 16

repetition of identical consonant within two or more words in close proximity or even compound words

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Consonance

Question 17

Descriptive writing that greatly exaggerates a specific feature of a person’s appearance or a facet of personality.

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Caricature

Question 18

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

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Coherence

Question 19

a short, often witty, statement of a principle or truth about life

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Aphorism

Question 20

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

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Apostrophe

Question 21

also referred to as dissonance.. hard awkward or dissonant sounds used diliberately in poetry or prose; the opposite if euphony

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Cacophony

Question 22

dictionary definition

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denotation

Question 23

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 aplification or division in which a subject is further distributed into components or parts. Writers use this to clarify and detail understaning

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Enumeration

Question 24

A comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it. It aims at explaining that idea or thing by comparing it to something that is familiar

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Analogy

Question 25

the use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning, or meter.

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Parallelism

Question 26

a breif and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literacy, or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers. It is just a passing comment and the writer expects the reader to possess enough knowledge to spot the allusion and grasp its importance in a text

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Allusion

Question 27

A figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associatiated. We can come across examples of metonymy both from literature and in everday life. It does NOT create a comparison.

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Metonymy