AP Notes 95-103

Question 1

Deification

Answer 1

idea made to appear holy, sacred, very special and therefore above all law. any other ideas given the appearances of treason or blasphemy.

Question 2

Conceit

Answer 2

develops a comparison which is exceedingly unlikely but is nonetheless intellectually imaginative. a comparison turns into a conceit when the writer tries to make us admit a similarity between two things whose unlikeliness we are strongly conscience and for this reason conceits are often surprising.

Question 3

Claim

Answer 3

if somebody gives you an argument to support his position it is called making a claim. different reasons are usually presented to prove why a certain point should be accepted as logical.

Question 4

Catharisis

Answer 4

emotional discharge through which one can achieve a state of moral or spiritual renewal or achieve a state of liberation from anxiety and stress. used for emotional cleansing of characters

Question 5

Cliche

Answer 5

overused expression to the extent of losing its original meaning. may be used to predict actions or events which are predictable because of previous events

Question 6

Concession

Answer 6

literary device used in argumentative writing where one acknowledges a point made by ones opponent. it allows for different opinions and approaches

Question 7

Port manteau

Answer 7

device in which two or more words are joined together to coin a new word formed by blending parts of two or more words but it always refers to a single concept

Question 8

the coinage of port manteau

Answer 8

involves in linking and blending of two or more words and the new word formed in the process shares the same meanings as the orgianl words. it is different from a compound word word in that it could have a completely different meaning from the words that it was coined from