Terms needed for success on the AP Language and Composition Exam
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| 4795321083 | Personification | The assigning of human qualities to inanimate objects or concepts. An example: Wordsworth's "the sea that bares her bosom to the moon." | 0 | |
| 4795321084 | Antithesis | the presentation of two contrasting images. The ideas are balanced by phrase, clause, or paragraphs. "To be or not to be . . ." "It was the best of times; it was the worst of times . . ." "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country . . ." | 1 | |
| 4795321087 | Synecdoche | . a figure of speech that utilizes a part as representative of the whole. "All hands on deck" is an example. | 2 | |
| 4795321090 | Euphony | the pleasant, mellifluous presentation of sounds in a literary work. | 3 | |
| 4795321091 | Metonomy | a term from the Greek meaning "changed label" or "substitute name" __ is a figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it. For example: a news release that claims "The White House declared" rather than "The President declared" | 4 | |
| 4795321095 | Metaphor | a direct comparison between dissimilar things. "Your eyes are stars" is an example. | 5 | |
| 4795321110 | Ethos | an appeal based on the character of the speaker. An __-driven document relies on the reputation of the author. | 6 | |
| 4795321112 | Consonance | Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity. | 7 | |
| 4795321113 | Pathos | an appeal based on emotion. | 8 | |
| 4795321114 | Logos | an appeal based on logic or reason | 9 | |
| 4795321116 | Anecdote | A story or brief episode told by the writer or a character to illustrate a point. | 10 | |
| 4795321123 | Repetition | The duplication, either exact or approximate, or any element of language, such as sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern. | 11 | |
| 4795321124 | Syntax | The grammatical structure of prose and poetry. | 12 | |
| 4795321125 | Assonance | Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity | 13 | |
| 4795321126 | Argument | A single assertion or a series of assertions presented and defended by the writer | 14 | |
| 4795321144 | Tone | Similar to mood, __ describes the author's attitude toward his or her material, the audience, or both. | 15 | |
| 4795321146 | Asyndeton | Commas used (with no conjunction) to separate a series of words. The parts are emphasized equally when the conjunction is omitted; in addition, the use of commas with no intervening conjunction speeds up the flow of the sentence. X, Y, Z as opposed to X, Y, and Z. | 16 | |
| 4795321150 | Polysyndeton | Deliberate use of many conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted. Hemingway and the Bible both use extensively. Ex. "he ran and jumped and laughed for joy" | 17 | |
| 4795361177 | anaphora | Deliberate repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row. Ex.: | 18 | |
| 4795362026 | epistrophe | The repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences. EX.: "...of the people, by the people, for the people..." | 19 | |
| 4795362968 | simile | A figurative usage that compares. It usually uses the words such as "like", "as," or "if." Ex.: "You are like a summer's day..." | 20 | |
| 4795363811 | synecdoche | A form of metaphor that centers on parts of a whole: a part of something is used to signify the whole (Ex.: "All hands on deck.") the whole representing a part (Ex.: "Canada played the United States in the Olympic hockey finals.") the container representing whatever it contains (Ex.: "The pot is boiling.") the material from which the object is made stands for the object itself. (Ex.: "The quarterback tossed the pigskin.") | 21 | |
| 4795368743 | rhetorical technique (also called rhetorical device) | The way in which information is presented. Using metaphor to explain a person's behavior is a type of rhetorical technique. | 22 |
