AP Notes 62-64

Question 1

MEMOIR

Answer 1

A memoir is a record of memories, and particular events that have taken place in the
author’s life. In fact, it is the telling of a story or an event from his life; an account that does not
tell the full record of a life.

Question 2

CUMULATIVE SENTENCE

Answer 2

A cumulative sentence is known as a loose sentence that starts with an
independent clause or main clause, which is simple and straight, provides main idea and then
adds subordinate elements or modifiers. It adds subordinate or modifying elements after the
subject and the predicate. Writers use these types of sentences when they want to put forth the
main idea first, and provide details to elucidate the idea further thereafter. Consider how this is
different from the PERIODIC SENTENCE (where the main clause is left to the end of the sentence)

Question 3

BLANK VERSE

Answer 3

Blank verse is a literary device defined as un-rhyming verse written in
iambic pentameter. In poetry and prose, it has a consistent meter with 10 syllables in each line
(pentameter); where, unstressed syllables are followed by stressed ones and five of which are stressed
but do not rhyme, although it can if the poet chooses. It is also known as un-rhymed iambic pentameter.