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AP vocab. terms
Advanced Placement English Vocabulary Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is allegory? | The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction. |
| Give an example of alliteration. | she sells sea shells. |
| Define allusion. | a direct or indirect reference to something that is commonly known. |
| What is ambiguity? | The multiple meanings either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage. |
| Define analogy. | A similarity or comparison of two different things. |
| Give examples of antecedent? | it, she, we, or they |
| Define antecedent. | the word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. |
| What is the defenition of antithesis? | the opposition or contrast of ideas;the direct opposite. |
| What is caricature? | a verbal description, to exaggerate for comic effect, a person's distinctive physical features or other charecteristics. |
| Define conceit. | an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. |
| What is the difference between connotation and denotation? | Connotation is the implied, suggested meaning of a word while denotation is the strict, literal, dictionary deffinition of a word. |
| What is an extended metaphor? | a metaphor developed at great length occuring fre |
| What is the difference between genre and prose? | Genre is the major category of a literary work while prose is the major division of genre such as fiction and non-fiction. |
| what is the opposite of hyperbole? | an understatement. |
| What is the difference between synecedoche and metonymy? | The difference between synecdoche and metonymy is that in metonymy the word you use is related or linked to the concept you are really talking about, but isn’t actually a part of it. Synecedoche is taking a part of the concept and calling it that. |
| Define oxymoron and give two examples. | a phrase of two words where the two words disagree with one another to suggest a paradox. - Same Difference - Definite Maybe |
| Define and give an example of syllogism. | form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion - all humans are mortal - i am a human - therefore, i am mortal. |
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