AP Notes 9-12 Flashcards
(4 cards)
1
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Repetition of identical consonant sounds within two or more words in close proximity: boot/beat/best/brag, or even compound words, fulfill, Ping-Pong.
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Consonance
2
Q
Descriptive writing that greatly exaggerates a specific feature of a persons appearance of a facet of personality.
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Caricature
3
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The quality of a piece of writing in which all the parts contribute to the development of the central idea/theme or organizing principle.
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Conerance
4
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A short often witty statement of a truth about life. Benjamin Franklin was somewhat famous for these in Poor Richards Almanac, e.g. “The early bird gets the worm”
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Aphorism
