AP Notes 6-10

Question 1

Metonymy

Answer 1

a figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated (part of something) “The pen is mightier than the sword,”

Question 2

Antithesis

Answer 2

the presentation of two contrasting images, the ideas are balanced by word,phrase, clause,or paragraphs, ‘to be or not to be”

Question 3

Rhetoric

Answer 3

the act of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques

Question 4

Colloqualism

Answer 4

a word or phrase (including slang) that is not formal or literary, typically one used in ordinary or familiar conversation (y’all, ain’t)

Question 5

Connotation

Answer 5

an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning, opposite of “denotation”