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| 132599702 | ad hominem argument | From the Latin meaning "to or against the man," this is an argument that appeals to emotions rather than reason, to feeling rather than intellect | |
| 132599703 | allegory | The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addiction to the literal meaning. In some of these, for example, an author may intend the characters to personify an abstraction like hope or freedom. The _______ical meaning usually deals with moral truth or a generalization about human existence. | |
| 132599704 | allerations | The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words (as in "she sells sea shells".) Although the term is not used in the multiple-choice section, you can look for these in any essay passage. The repetition can reinforce meaning, unify ideas, and/or supply a musical sound. | |
| 132599705 | allusion | A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book myth, place or work of art. These can be historical (like referring to Hitler), literary (like referring to Kurtz in Heart of Darkness), religious (like referring to Noah and the flood), or mythical (like referring to Atlas). | |
| 132599706 | ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional , of a word, phrase, sentence or passage | |
| 132599707 | analogy | A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. It can explain something unfamiliar by associating it with or pointing out its similarity to something more familiar. They can also make writing more vivid, imaginative, or intellectually engaging. | |
| 132599708 | antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. The AP language exam ocassionally asks for this of a given pronoun in a long, complex sentence or in a group of sentences. | |
| 132599709 | aphorism | A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or moral principle (If the authorship is unknown, the statement is generally considered to be a folk proverb.) A _____ can be a memorable summation of the author's point. | |
| 132599710 | apostrophe | a figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or personified abstractin, such as liberty or love. The effect may add familiarity or emotional intensity. William Wordsworth addresses John Milton as he writes, "Milton, thou shouldst be living at this hour: England hath need of thee." | |
| 132599711 | atmosphere | The emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described. Even such elements as the description of the weather can contribute to this. Frequently,this foreshadows events. | |
| 132599712 | clause | a grammatical unit that contains both a subject an a verb. An independent, or main, ______ expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence. A dependent, or subordinate, _____ cannot stand alone as a sentence and must be accompanied by an independent _____. Examine this same example sentence: "Because I practiced hard, my AP scores were high." | |
| 132599713 | Colloquial/colloquialism | The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. Not generally acceptable for form writing, these give work a conversational, familiar tone. These kind of expressions in writing include local or regional dialects. | |
| 132599714 | conceit | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or suprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. A _____ displays intellectual cleverness due to the unusual comparison being made. | |
| 132599715 | connotation | the nonliteral, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning. These may involve ideas, emotions, or attitudes. | |
| 132599716 | Denotation | The strict, literal, dictionary definitons of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color |
