Notes 1-20 Flashcards
a short, simple narrative of an incident often used for humorous effect or to make a point
Anecdote
writing that attempts to prove the validity of a point/view/idea by presenting “reasoned” arguments; persuasive writing
Argumentation
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, satiric
Allegory
explanatory notes added to a text to explain, cite sources, or give bibliographies data. In AP Lang., you will need to demonstrate DETAILED annotation on most of your readings.
Annotation
the presentation of two contrasting images. The ideas are balanced by word, phrase, clause, or paragraphs. “To be or not to be…”, “Ask note what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country”
Antithesis
the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other composition techniques
Rhetoric
a word or phrase (including slang) used in everyday conversation & informal writing but that is often inappropriate, informal writing
Colloquialism
words suggesting implied meaning b/c of its association in a reader’s mind. opposite of “denotation”
Connotation
repetition of identical consonant sounds w/i two or more words in close proximity: boot/beat/best/brag, or even compound words: fulfill, ping-pong
Consonance
descriptive writing that greatly exaggerates a specific feature of a person’s appearance of a facet of personality
Caricature
the “quality” of a piece of writing in which all the parts contribute to the development of the central idea/theme of organizing principle
Coherence
a short, often witty, statement of a principle or truth about life. Benjamin Franklin was somewhat famous for these in Poor Richard’s Almanac
Aphorism
usually in poetry, but sometimes in prose the device of calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person or to a place, think, or personified abstraction
Apostrophe
hard, awkward, or dissonant sounds used deliberately in poetry or prose; the opposite of Euphony
Cacophony (Dissonance)
antonyms of each other; a way to represent how words have different effects on people
Connotation-Denotation
a rhetorical device used for listing the details or a process of mentioning words or phrases step by step. In fact, it’s a type of amplification or division in which a subject is further distributed into components or parts. Writers use this clarify & detail understanding
Enumeration
a comparison in which an idea or a 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 familiar
Analogy
the use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning, or meter
Parallelism
a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural. literary or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers. It is just a passing comment and the writer expects the reader to possess enough knowledge to spot the allusion and grasp its importance in a text
Allusion
it is a figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing w/ the name of something else w/ which it is closely associated. Do NOT confuse this w/ a metaphor as it is not comparing
Metonymy
