AP Vocab #2

Question 1

alliteration

Answer 1

repetition of the same sound beginning several words in sequence.

Question 2

anadiplosis

Answer 2

.. (“doubling back”) the rhetorical repetition of one or several words; specifically, repetition of a word that ends one clause at the beginning of the next. *Men in great place are thrice servants: servants of the sovereign or state; servants of fame; and servants of business

Question 3

anaphora

Answer 3

..the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses or lines.
*We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on

Question 4

parenthesis

Answer 4

..used to provide further info

Question 5

asyndeton

Answer 5

.. lack of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words. *But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground.

Question 6

ellipses

Answer 6

the omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues. (the 3 dots…)

Question 7

metonymy

Answer 7

substitution of one word for another which it suggests.

*He is a man of the cloth.

Question 8

metaphor

Answer 8

implied comparison achieved through a figurative use of words; the word is used not in its literal sense, but in one analogous to it.
*Life’s but a walking shadow; a poor player,

Question 9

onomatopoeia

Answer 9

use of words to imitate natural sounds; accommodation of sound to sense *BOOM

Question 10

oxymoron

Answer 10

apparent paradox achieved by the juxtaposition of words which seem to contradict one another. *i must be cruel only to be kind

Question 11

hyperbole

Answer 11

exaggeration for emphasis or for rhetorical effect. *it took one minute to steal my heart

Question 12

allusion

Answer 12

a figure of speech that refers to a well-known story, event, person, or object in order to make a comparison in the readers’ minds. *He was a real Romeo with the ladies

Question 13

paradox

Answer 13

an assertion seemingly opposed to common sense, but that may yet have some truth in it.
*What a pity that youth must be wasted on the young

Question 14

brusque

Answer 14

being abrupt in speech or how you act with someone *when someone asks a question and u rush the answer with like 2 words

Question 15

impartial

Answer 15

not favoring one side or opinion more than another *a judge in a court case

Question 16

detatched

Answer 16

separate or not connected, or not emotionally involved *a house that shares no walls with another house

Question 17

despondent

Answer 17

having the feeling of losing courage or hope *suicidal person

Question 18

self-desecrating

Answer 18

( treat something that is sacred with disrespect) treat yourself with disrespect maybe? *drawing funny faces on a picture of Jesus

Question 19

allusive

Answer 19

a person or piece of work that makes reference to something else *a book that refers to Emily’s writing

Question 20

acerbic

Answer 20

language or actions which are hostile or sharp (or something with a bitter taste like a lime)