AP Notes 1 (1-10) Flashcards
- Anecdote
a short, simple narrative of an incident, often used for humorous effect or to make a point
- Argumentation
writing that attempts to prove the validity of a point of view or an idea by presenting “reasoned” arguments persuasive writing is a form or argumentation and is the focus of the AP language and the composition program
- Allegory
an extended narrative of an incident in prose or verse in which characters, events, and settings represents abstract qualities and in which the writer intends a second meaning to be read beneath the surface of the story; the underlying meaning may be moral, religious, political, social, or satiric
- Annotation
: Explanatory notes added to a text to explain, cite sources, or give bibliographic data. In
AP Language you will need to demonstrate DETAILED annotation on most of your readings.
- Antithesis
the presentation of two contrasting images. The ideas are balanced by word, phrase,
clause, or paragraphs. “To be or not to be…”, “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask
what you can do for your country.”
- Rhetoric
the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of
speech and other compositional techniques. This is the CORE of the AP Language Program.
- Colloquialism
: a word or phrase (including slang) used I everyday conversation and informal
writing but that is often inappropriate in formal writing (y’all, ain’t, can’t, somethin’)
- Connotation
words suggesting implied meaning because of its association in a reader’s mind. This
is the opposite of “denotation.
- Consonance
repetition of identical consonant sounds within two or more words in close proximity:
boot/beat/best/brag, or even compound words, fulfill, ping-pong.
- Caricature
descriptive writing that greatly exaggerates a specific feature of a person’s appearance
or a facet of personality.
