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Question 1

anecdote

Answer 1

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

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 composition program

Question 3

allegory

Answer 3

an extended narrative of an incident in prose or verse in which characters, 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 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 readings

Question 5

antithesis

Answer 5

the presentation of two contrasting images. The idea are balanced by word, phrase ,clause ,or paragraph

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 everyday conversation and informal writing but that is often inappropriate in formal writing

Question 8

connotation

Answer 8

words suggesting implied meaning because of its association in readings mind.This is the opposite of “denotation “

Question 9

consonance

Answer 9

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

Question 10

caricature

Answer 10

descriptive writing that greatly exaggerates a specific feature of a person’s appearance or a facet of personality

Question 11

coherence

Answer 11

the “quality of piece of writing “in which all parts contribute to the development of the central idea/theme or organizing 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 in poor Richard’s Almanac

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 dissonance…hard,awkward,,or dissonant sounds used deliberately in poetry or prose ;the opposite euphony

Question 15

denotation

Answer 15

dictionary meaning of the word

Question 16

enumeration

Answer 16

enumeration is rhetorical device used for listening to 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

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an analogy is a comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it

Question 18

parallelism

Answer 18

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

Question 19

allusion

Answer 19

allusion is a brief and indirect reference to a place,thing , or idea of historical ,cultural,literary ,or political significance it does not describe in detail the person or thing .The writer expects the reader to grasp its importance in the text

Question 20

metonymy

Answer 20

it is a figure of speech that repeats the name of a thing with the across examples of metonymy both literature and in everyday life.Do not confuse this with metaphor as a metonymy is not creating a comparison