AP Notes 153-158

Question 1

Ode:

Answer 1

a lyric poem of some length, usually of serious or meditative nature and having an elevated
style and formal structure.

Question 2

Oral history:

Answer 2

stories of people’s lives related by word of mouth. These histories usually include
both factual material and personal reactions.

Question 3

Oxymoron:

Answer 3

a form of figurative language combining contradictory words or ideas (ex. jumbo
shrimp, bittersweet).

Question 4

Parallelism:

Answer 4

the use of similar grammatical constructions to express ideas that are related or equal
in importance. For example: The sun rises. The sun sets

Question 5

Parody:

Answer 5

a literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of an author’s work for comic
effect or ridicule.

Question 6

Personification

Answer 6

a figure of speech where animals, ideas or inanimate

objects are given human characteristics.