AP Running notes (49-52)

Question 1

Periodic Sentence

Answer 1

It has the main clause or predicate at the end. This is used for emphasis and can be persuasive by putting reasons for something at the beginning before the final point is made. It can create suspense or interest for the reader.

Question 2

Paradox

Answer 2

Something that appears to be self-contradictory or silly but may include a latent truth. A paradox is often used to make a reader think over an idea in an innovative way.

Question 3

Irony

Answer 3

Words that are used in such a way that the intended meaning is different from the actual meaning. A situation that ends up different than what is anticipated.

Question 4

Parenthesis

Answer 4

A stylistic device that comes from a Greek word meaning to place or alongside. Parenthesis is a qualifying or explanatory sentence, clause, or word that writers insert into a paragraph or passage.