AP terms 4

Question 1

Euphony

Answer 1

succession of harmonious sounds used in poetry or prose; opposite of cacophony.

Question 2

*Example

Answer 2

an individual instance taken to be representative of a general pattern. arguing by example is considered reliable if example demonstrates true or factual as well as relevant.

Question 3

Explication

Answer 3

art of interpreting or discovering the meaning of a text. usually involves close reading and special attention to figurative language.

Question 4

*Exposition

Answer 4

immediate revelation to the audience of the setting and other background information necessary for understanding the plot; also explanation; one of the four modes of discourse.

Question 5

*Generalization

Answer 5

when a writer bases a calm upon an isolated example or asserts that a claim is certain rather than probable sweeping generalizations occur when a writer asserts that a claim applies to all instances instead of some.

Question 6

*Genre

Answer 6

Type of literary work such as novel or poem; also sub genres such as science fiction or sonnet within the larger genres.

Question 7

*Humor

Answer 7

anything that causes laughter or amusement; up until the end of the renascence, humor meant a persons temperament.

Question 8

*Hyperbole

Answer 8

deliberate exaggeration in order to create humor or emphasis.