AP Vocabulary 8.

Question 1

Speaker

Answer 1

the voice of a work

Question 2

Stereotype

Answer 2

a character who represents a trait that is usually attributed to a particular social or racial group and who lacks individuality; a conventional patter, expression or idea

Question 3

Style

Answer 3

an author’s characteristic manner of expression - his or her dictation, syntax, imagery, structure, and content all contribute to style

Question 4

Subjectivity

Answer 4

a personal presentation of events and characters, influenced by the author’s feelings and opinions

Question 5

Syllogism

Answer 5

a form of reasoning in which two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from them. Example: major premise: all tragedies end unhappily, minor premise: Hamlet is a tragedy, conclusion: Hamlet ends unhappily

Question 6

synecdoche

Answer 6

a figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent a whole such as using “boards” to mean a stage or “wheels” to mean a car- or “all hands on deck”