AP Notes 1-20

Question 1

short simple narrative of 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 idea by presenting reasoned arguments persuasive writing is a form of argumentation and is the focus of the AP Lang and composition program

Answer 2

Argumentation

Question 3

extended narrative of 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 story underlying meaning may be moral, religious, political, social, or satiric

Answer 3

Allegory

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Annotation

Question 5

Presentation of two contrasting images ideas are balanced by word phrase clothes or paragraphs to be or not to be ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country

Answer 5

Antithesis

Question 6

Art of affective or persuasive speaking or writing especially use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques this is the core of AP language

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Rhetoric

Question 7

A word or phrase used in every day conversation and in formal writing but that is often inappropriate in formal writing

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Colloquialism

Question 8

Word suggesting implied meaning because of its association in a readers mind this is the opposite of Denotation

Answer 8

Connotation

Question 9

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

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consonance

Question 10

Descriptive writing that greatly exaggerates a specific feature of a persons appearance or a facet of personality

Answer 10

caricature

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Coherence

Question 12

I short often witty statement of a principle or truth about life Benjamin Franklin was somewhat famous for these in poor Richards almanac example given the early bird gets the worm

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Aphorism

Question 13

Usually in poetry but sometimes in prose the device of calling out to an imaginary dead or absent person or to a place thing or personified abstraction

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Apostrophe

Question 14

Also referred to as dissonance hard awkward or dissonant it sounds used to deliberately in poetry or prose the opposite of euphony

Answer 14

Cacophony

Question 15

how the reader feels

actual meaning of word

Answer 15

Connotation

Denotation

Question 16

Rhetorical device used for listing 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 this to clarify and detail understanding

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Enumeration

Question 17

Analogy is a comparison in which an idea or thing as compared to another thing that is different from it it aims at explaining that idea or thing by comparing it to something that is familiar

Answer 17

Analogy

Question 18

Use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same or similar in their construction sound meaning or meter parallelism examples are found in literary works as well as an ordinary conversations like father like son

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Parallelism

Question 19

Brief and indirect reference to a person place thing or idea of historical cultural literary or political significance it does not describe in detail the person or thing to which refers just a passing comment and the writer expects the reader to possess knowledge to spot allusion and grasp it’s importance in text

Answer 19

Allusion

Question 20

figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated. We can come across examples of metonymy both from literature and in life. Do not confuse with a metaphor as metonymy isn’t comparison.

Answer 20

Metonymy