AP Language Final Exam

Question 1

repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses

Answer 1

anaphora

Question 2

a figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared as a means of making a point

Answer 2

metaphor

Question 3

creates exaggeration by showing restraint; opposite of hyperbole

Answer 3

litote/understatement

Question 4

giving human or animal attributes to non-human things

Answer 4

personification

Question 5

the study of rules of grammar that define the formation of sentences

Answer 5

syntax

Question 6

a short, amusing or interesting story about an incident, event or person

Answer 6

anecdote

Question 7

a style in which conjunctions are omitted, usually producing fast-paced, more rapid prose (I came, I saw, I conquered)

Answer 7

asyndeton

Question 8

the use of consecutive coordinating conjunctions even when they are not needed. IN other words, a sentence using a lot of conjunctions (and, by, or etc.)

Answer 8

polysyndeton

Question 9

a reference to a past, present, or future event, person, or place

Answer 9

allusion

Question 10

a similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them

Answer 10

analogy

Question 11

a word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one used in ordinary or familiar conversation; slang

Answer 11

colloquialism

Question 12

the use of words to express something other than and often the opposite of the literal meaning

Answer 12

irony

Question 13

ending a series of lines, phrases, clauses, or sentences with the same word or words

Answer 13

epistrophe

Question 14

a rhetorical term for the listing of details, a type of amplification and division

Answer 14

enumeration

Question 15

a comparison between things using the words “like” “as” or “than” in order to perceive its importance

Answer 15

simile

Question 16

address to something/someone directly within the text

Answer 16

apostrophe

Question 17

the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases or clauses

Answer 17

antithesis

Question 18

the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; turning point

Answer 18

climax

Question 19

an exaggeration that bolsters an argument

Answer 19

hyperbole

Question 20

particular words an author uses; word choice

Answer 20

diction

Question 21

appeals to credibility

Answer 21

ethos

Question 22

appeal to emotion

Answer 22

pathos

Question 23

appeal to reason

Answer 23

logos

Question 24

a repetition technique; a word or phrase from the previous line, clause, or sentence at the beginning of the next

Answer 24

anadiplosis

Question 25

making one idea more dramatic by PLACING it next to its opposite

Answer 25

juxtaposition

Question 26

repetition of an initial sound in close proximity ex: Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers

Answer 26

alliteration

Question 27

a question whose answer is assumed; force the reader to respond in a predetermined manner

Answer 27

rhetorical question