AP Vocab 1

Question 1

Abstract

Answer 1

concepts rather than concrete images

Question 2

Allegory

Answer 2

an extended narrative in prose or verse in which characters, events, and settings represent abstract qualities and in which the writer intends a 2nd meaning to be read beneath the surface

Question 3

Anecdote

Answer 3

a short, simple narrative of an event 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

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

Question 7

Apostrophe

Answer 7

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