AP Notes 9-12

Question 1

Consonance

Answer 1

Repetition of identical constant sounds within two or more in close proximity: boot/beat/best/brag, or even compound words, fulfill, ping-pong

Question 2

Caricature

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Concerence

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Aphorism

Answer 4

A short, often witty, statement of a principle or truth about life. Benjamin Franklin was somewhat famous for the these in Poor Richards Almanac, e.g. The early bird gets the worm”