AP Vocab 21-40

Question 1

Anaphora

Answer 1

writing or speech, the deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect

Question 2

Epistrophe

Answer 2

the same word returns at the end of each sentence. stylistic device that can be defined as the repetition of phrases or words at the end of the clauses or sentences.

Question 3

Asyndeton

Answer 3

eliminate conjugations between the phrases and in the sentence, yet maintain the grammatical accuracy

Question 4

Polysyndeton

Answer 4

using conjunctions to join successive words, phrases or clauses

Question 5

Synedoche

Answer 5

part of something represents the whole

Question 6

Tone

Answer 6

attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience

Question 7

Process Analysis

Answer 7

step-by-step breakdown of the phrases of a process

Question 8

Counter Arguement

Answer 8

an argument or set of reasons put forward to oppose an idea

Question 9

Syntax

Answer 9

dictates how words from different parts of speech are put together in order to convey a complete sentence.

Question 10

Provocative Diction

Answer 10

purposeful choice of words serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate a provocative question that will frame a rhetorical argument

Question 11

Classification

Answer 11

action or process of classifying something according to shared qualities or characteristics

Question 12

Understatement

Answer 12

opposite of a hyperbole or overstatement

Question 13

Colorful Diction

Answer 13

very purposeful word choice that will serve to accentuate meaning or tone

Question 14

Claim

Answer 14

If somebody gives an argument to support his/her position, it is called making a claim

Question 15

Evidence

Answer 15

It is presented to persuade the readers and used with powerful arguments in the text or essay

Question 16

Warrant

Answer 16

the glue that holds an argument together

Question 17

Fallacy

Answer 17

erroneous argument dependent upon an unsound or illogical contention

Question 18

Logical Fallacy

Answer 18

pattern of reasoning or thinking rendered invalid by a flaw in its logical structure that can nearly be expressed in a standard logical system.

Question 19

Prophecy

Answer 19

all the elements of prediction except time

Question 20

Prediction

Answer 20

forecast made by those who calculate the parameters of the subject involved after evaluating the odds they cna predict the future