Day 1 AP Terms

Question 1

Abstract

Answer 1

refers to the language that describes concepts rather than concrete images. The observable or “physical” is usually described in concrete language.

Question 2

Allegory

Answer 2

An extended narrative in prose or verse in which characteristics, events, and settings represent 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, religious, political, social, or satiric.

Question 3

Anecdote

Answer 3

A short, simple narrative of an incident; 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 where the ideas are balanced by word, phrase, clause, or paragraph. Ex: “To be or not to be…”

Question 6

Aphorism

Answer 6

a short, often witty statement of a principle or a truth about life: “Early bird gets the worm.”

Question 7

Apostrophe

Answer 7

Usually in poetry and sometimes in prose; it’s calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person or to a place, thing, or personified abstraction.