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AP exam practice

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Definition
aesthetics   consideration of nature and perception of beauty in the arts  
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allegory   lierature with two or more levels of meaning, meant to create ideas not necessarily pertinent to the immediate plot  
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ambiguity   A statement with either more than one meaning or no clear way in which it was intended to be understood  
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anaphora   repetition of a word or phrase at the start of clauses or sentences  
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aphorism   a brief, generally wise statement about life  
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apostrophe   someone absent, dead, or nonhuman is addressed as if it were able to reply  
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asyndeton   leaving out a conjunction such as a comma when listing something.  
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chiasmus   introduction of things/people/ideas in a certain order but discussion of them in the reverse order that they were presented in  
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colloquialsim   communication meant to imitate/display informal speech or dialect  
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conceit   far-fetched comparison between two things  
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deus ex machina   unrealistic event or divine intervention which resolves plot  
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didactic   literature meant to convey ideas about morality or philosophy  
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epigraph   quotation at the beginning of a work  
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epithet   word or phrase used for description which immediatly precedes or follows its subject ---Ex: much-beloved cake  
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exegesis   critical interpretation of an *especially biblical* text  
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homily   short discussion of a moral or religious theme  
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idiom   figure of speech "raining cats and dogs"  
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interpolation   altering a text by inserting new material  
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malapropism   Misuse or distortion (usually comical) of a word or phrase. Generally close to the intended word but very wrong in meaning.  
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metonymy/synecdoche   s=part to whole (give him a hand) ; metonymy=subject to closely related subject (white house=President)  
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pathetic fallacy   Attributing human attitudes or actions to nature or inanimate objects  
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polemic   An attack on someone or something  
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rhetoric   language used in a persuasive manner and which may be exaggerated or irrational  
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stock character   stereotypical character  
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trope   The use of words in a non-literal sense  
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vernacular   use of regional language or dialect  
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vignette   brief description of a thing or event; also a small illustration  
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litotes   An affirmative expressed using a negative (ex - you won't be sorry)  
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