AP Notes 1-5

Question 1

Anecdote

Answer 1

a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.

Question 2

Argumentation

Answer 2

writing that attempts to prove the validity, of a point of view or an idea by presenting “reasoned” arguments

Question 3

Allegory

Answer 3

a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another

Question 4

Annotation

Answer 4

explanatory notes added to a text to explain, cite sources, or give bibliographic data

Question 5

Synecdoche

Answer 5

a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole, the whole for a part, the specific for the general, or the material for the thing made from it, “all hands on deck” is a demand for all of the crew to help, yet the word “hands”—just a part of the crew—stands in for the whole crew.