AP Notes 96-97

Question 1

CONCEIT:

Answer 1

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 of whose unlikeness we are strongly conscious and for this reason, conceits are often surprising.

Question 2

CLAIM

Answer 2

If somebody gives an argument to support his position, it is called a claim. Different reasons are usually presented to prove why a certain point should be accepted as logical. A general model is given below to explain the steps following is making a claim