Day 9 AP Terms

Question 1

Syntactic Fluency

Answer 1

Ability to create a variety of sentence structures, appropriately complex and/or simple an varied in length.

Question 2

Syntactic Permutation

Answer 2

Sentence structures that extraordinarily complex and involved. They are often difficult for the novice reader to follow.

Question 3

Syntax

Answer 3

The grammatical structure of a sentence; the arrangement of words in a sentence. Syntax includes sentence length and type.

Question 4

Theme

Answer 4

The central idea or message of a literary work.

Question 5

Thesis

Answer 5

The main idea of a piece of writing. Presents the author’s assertion or claim.

Question 6

Tone

Answer 6

The characteristic emotion or attitude of an author towards characters, subject, and audience.

Question 7

Transition

Answer 7

Word/phrase that links one idea to the next and carries the reader from sentence to sentence, paragraph to paragraph.

Question 8

Understatement

Answer 8

The opposite of exaggeration. Technique of irony/humor where one writes less than intended.

Question 9

Voice

Answer 9

Refers to two different areas of writing. One refers to the relationship between a sentence’s subject and verb. The second refers to the total “sound” of a writer’s style.

Question 10

Asyndeton

Answer 10

Having a sentence lacking conjunctions. I came. I saw. I conquered.

Question 11

Polysyndeton

Answer 11

A sentence with an abundance of conjunctions.