AP terms 1

Question 1

Abstract

Answer 1

refers to language that describes concepts rather than concrete images.

Question 2

Allegory

Answer 2

extended narrative in prose or verse in which characters,events, and settings represent abstract qualities and in which the writer intends a second meaning to be read beneath the surface of the story.

Question 3

Anecdote

Answer 3

a short simple narrative of an incident; often used for humorous effect or to make a point.

Question 4

Annotation

Answer 4

Explanatory notes added to a text to explain, cite sources, or give bibliographical data.

Question 5

Antithesis

Answer 5

presentation of 2 contrasting images

Question 6

aphorism

Answer 6

a short, often witty statement of a principle or a truth about life

Question 7

Apostrophe

Answer 7

usually in poetry but sometimes in prose; the device of calling out to an imaginary, dead,or absent person or to a place,thing,or personified abstraction.