AP notes 1-20

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

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Antecdote

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

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Argumentation

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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.

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Allegory

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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 mot of your readings.

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Annotation

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the presentation of two contrasting images. The ideas are balanced by words, phrase, clause, 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”

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Antithesis

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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

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

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Colloquialism

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Words suggesting implied meaning because of its association in a reader’s mind. This is the opposite of denotation.

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Connotation

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repetition of identical consonant sounds within two or more words in close proximity: Boot/beat/best/brag or even compound words. Fulfill, ping-pong

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Consonance

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

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Caricature

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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

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a short, often witty, statement of a principle or truth about life. Benjamin Franklin was somewhat famous for these in the Poor Richard’s Almanac. “The early bird gets the worm.”

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Aphorism

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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

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also referred to as DISSONANCE… hard, awkward, or dissonant sounds used deliberately in poetry or prose: the opposite of EUPHONY

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Cacophony

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The relationship between words and their definitions, along with the feelings that are often associated with them.

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Connotation-Denotation

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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 this to clarify and detail understanding

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Enumeration

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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

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a figure of speech that replaces the name or a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated. Not a metaphor doesn’t create a comparison.

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Metonymy

Question 19

in writing or speech, the deliberate repetition of the first point in the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect. Used to emphasize certain words or phrases.

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Anaphora