AP Language Vocabulary Set #4

Question 1

Rhetoric

Answer 1

The art of effective communication.

Question 2

Aristotle’s Rhetorical Triangle

Answer 2

The relationships in a piece of writing or a speech among the speaker/writer, the event(s) or experiences that inspired the subject (exigence), the audience, the message, the author’s purpose, and the appeals, tools, and techniques used to achieve that purpose.

Question 3

Rhetorical Question

Answer 3

Question not asked for information but for effect.

Question 4

Rhetorical Question (Example)

Answer 4

If I lie, am I not telling the truth?

Question 5

Rhetorical Question (Impact)

Answer 5

Gives the reader a question for them to absorb, without answering to see agreements/disagreements.

Question 6

Romanticism

Answer 6

Art or literature characterized by an idealistic, perhaps unrealistic view of people and the world, and an emphasis on nature.

Question 7

Romanticism (Example)

Answer 7

“The Raft of the Medusa” by Théodore Géricault.

Question 8

Sarcasm

Answer 8

A generally bitter comment that is ironically or satirically worded.

Question 9

Sarcasm (Example)

Answer 9

“SO I GUESS THAT MEANS THE OCEAN DOESN’T EXIST, DOES IT?”

Question 10

Sarcasm (Impact)

Answer 10

To depict someone’s outlook of either being bitter or unserious, though it can be made to show some fragrance of seriousness underneath.

Question 11

Satire

Answer 11

A work that reveals a critical attitude toward some element of life to a humorous effect.

Question 12

Satire (Example)

Answer 12

Family Guy and Sorry to Bother You are satirical works.

Question 13

Satire (Impact)

Answer 13

To disprove something or showcase the flaws of something, in a humorous way.

Question 14

Sentence

Answer 14

A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought.

Question 15

Appositive

Answer 15

A word or group of words placed beside a noun or noun substitute to supplement its meaning.

Question 16

Appositive (Example)

Answer 16

Mario was on his evil journey, to scam the innocent via his shady tactics.

Question 17

Appositive (Impact)

Answer 17

Shapes the noun in the way a reader can know more about the particular instances associated with it.

Question 18

Clause

Answer 18

A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. An independent clause expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence. A dependent, or subordinate clause cannot stand alone as a sentence and must be accompanied by an independent clause.

Question 19

Balanced sentence

Answer 19

A sentence in which two parallel elements are set off against each other like equal weights on a scale.

Question 20

Balanced sentence (Example)

Answer 20

Green leaves were used for green decorations, and blue leaves were used for blue decorations.

Question 21

Balanced sentence (Impact)

Answer 21

Provides the reader with a well-aligned structure, strengthening the pillars for clarity and related understanding in general.

Question 22

Compound sentence

Answer 22

Contains at least two independent clauses, but no dependent clauses.

Question 23

Compound Sentence (Example)

Answer 23

Jeremy is the best at hockey, but the worst at science

Question 24

Complex sentence

Answer 24

Contains only one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.

Question 25

Complex sentence (Example)

Answer 25

Since he was lazy, he decided not to do the chores that were asked of him.

Question 26

Cumulative sentence

Answer 26

When the writer beings with an independent clause, then adds subordinate elements.

Question 27

Cumulative sentence (Example)

Answer 27

“He doubted whether he could ever again appear before an audience, his confidence broken, his limbs shaking, his collar wet with perspiration.”

Question 28

Periodic sentence

Answer 28

When the main idea is not completed until the end of a sentence.

Question 29

Periodic sentence (Example)

Answer 29

“His confidence broken, his limbs shaking, his collar wet with perspiration, he doubted whether he could ever again appear before an audience.”

Question 30

Simple sentence

Answer 30

Contains only one independent clause.

Question 31

Simple sentence (Example)

Answer 31

The frog leaped.

Question 32

Declarative sentence

Answer 32

States an idea. It does not give a command or request, nor does it ask a question.

Question 33

Declarative sentence (Example)

Answer 33

This Pokémon is quite viable.

Question 34

Imperative sentence

Answer 34

A sentence that fulfills the purpose of articulating a command.

Question 35

Imperative sentence (Example)

Answer 35

"Click Ice Beam on the incoming Noivern!"

Question 36

Interrogative sentence

Answer 36

Sentences incorporating interrogative pronouns.

Question 37

Interrogative sentence (Example)

Answer 37

Would you like a side of soup with your entree?

Question 38

Style

Answer 38

The options a writer selects/applies, when it comes to diction, tone, and syntax. Whether it be conscious or unconscious.

Question 39

Symbol

Answer 39

Something that represents something else.

Question 40

Symbol (Example)

Answer 40

Hanzo's bow, Genji's Blade, Widowmaker's Sniper

Question 41

Symbol (Impact)

Answer 41

To establish a strong meaning behind something, in a way that properly represents it as intended, to convey something else.

Question 42

Syntax/sentence variety

Answer 42

The grammatical arrangement of words.

Question 43

Theme

Answer 43

The central idea or message of a work.

Question 44

Theme (Example)

Answer 44

"Don't judge a book by it's cover"/"Don't be so quick to assume and jump to conclusions"

Question 44

Thesis

Answer 44

The sentence or groups of sentences that directly expresses the author's opinion, purpose, meaning, or proposition.

Question 45

Thesis (Example)

Answer 45

"I think we should have school on the weekends, because it's so easy to forget things over the weekend, kids can have a safer place to be during the weekends, and more progress will be established in schools."

Question 46

Tone

Answer 46

A writer's attitude toward his subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization.

Question 47

Tone (Example)

Answer 47

Joyful, Resentful, Apologetic, etc.

Question 48

Tone (Impact)

Answer 48

To instill a more critical means of getting the message to readers, with natural effects.

Question 49

Understatement

Answer 49

The ironic minimizing of fact, understatement presents something as less significant than it is.

Question 50

Understatement (Example)

Answer 50

"There's a little bit of commotion going on in here"

Question 51

Understatement (Impact)

Answer 51

To address something in an ironic lens, portrayed by an unserious reduction.