AP terms 1

Question 1

Abstact

Answer 1

refers to language that describes concepts rather than concrete images. the observable or “physical” is usually described in concrete language.

Question 2

Allegory

Answer 2

an extended narrative in prose or verse in which characters, events, and setting represent abstract qualities and in which the writer intends a second meaning to be read beneath the surface of the story; the underlying meaning may be moral, religious, political, social or satiric.

Question 3

Anecdote

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Annotation

Answer 4

explanatory notes added to a text to explain, cite sources, or given bibliographical data.

Question 5

Antithesis

Answer 5

the presentation of two contrasting images. the ideas are balanced by word, phrase, clause, or paragraphs. “to be or not to be”

Question 6

Aphorism

Answer 6

a short, often witty statement of a principle or a truth about life “early bird gets the worm”

Question 7

Apostrophe

Answer 7

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