AP Vocabulary 1-20

Question 1

Anecdote

Answer 1

Short simple narrative of an incident,often used to make a point or for humorous effect

Question 2

Argumentation

Answer 2

Writing that attempts to prove the validity of a point of view or an idea by presenting “reasoned arguments” persuasive writing is a form of argumentation and the focus of this class

Question 3

Allegory

Answer 3

A extended narrative of an incident in prose or verse which characteristics,events,and settings represent the
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,religous,political,social,or satiric

Question 4

Annotation

Answer 4

Explanatory notes added to a text to explain cite sources or give bibliographic data.in ap language you will need to demonstrate detailed annotation on most of your reading.

Question 5

Antithesis

Answer 5

the presentation of two contrasting images. the ideas are balanced by idea phrase clause or paragraphs,”to be or not to be ““ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country”

Question 6

Rhetoric

Answer 6

The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques. this is the core of the Ap language program

Question 7

Colloquialism

Answer 7

a word or phrase (including slang) used in everydday conversation and informal writing.

Question 8

Connotation

Answer 8

words suggestin implied meaning because of its association in a users mind

Question 9

Consonance

Answer 9

repetition of different consonant sounds within two or more words in close proximity: boot/beat/beast/brag, or even compound words, fulfill, ping-pong.

Question 10

Caricature

Answer 10

descriptive writing that greatly exaggerates a specific feature of a persons appearance of a facet of personality.

Question 11

Coherence

Answer 11

the “quality” of a piece of writing in which all parts contribute to the development of a central idea/ theme or organization principle.

Question 12

Aphorism

Answer 12

a short, often witty, statement of a principle or truth about life. Benjamin Franklin was somewhat famous for these Poor Richard’s Almanac, e.g. “ The early bird gets the worm.”

Question 13

Apostrophe

Answer 13

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.

Question 14

Cacophony

Answer 14

also referred to as DISSONANCE…hard, awkward, or dissonant sounds used deliberately in poetry or prose; the opposite of EUPHONY.

Question 15

Connotation/Denotation

Answer 15

Meaning in our heads/textbook meaning

Question 16

Enumeration

Answer 16

a rhetorical device used for listing the details, or a process of mentioning words or phrases step by step. In fact, it is a type of amplification or division in which a subject is further distributed into components or parts. Writers use this to clarify and detail understanding.

Question 17

Analogy

Answer 17

an analogy is a comparison in which an idea or thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it. .it aims at explaining that idea or thing by comparing it to something that is familiar

Question 18

parallelism

Answer 18

parallelism is the use of components in a sentence that is grammatically the same or similar in their construction sound meaning or meter.parallelism examples are found in literary works as well as ordinary conversation

Question 19

allusion

Answer 19

is a brief and indirect reference to person place thing or idea historical cultural or political significance. it does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers. it is just a po passing comment and the writer expects the reader to have enough knowledge to spot the allusion and grasp its importance in the text

Question 20

metonymy

Answer 20

it is a figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is assciated. we can come across examples of motonymy in litierature and everyday life. do not confuse this with a metaphor as a metonymy is not drawing a comparison.