AP Vocab 41-60

Question 1

Adage

Answer 1

an adage is a short, pointed and memorable saying based on facts, and is considered a veritable truth by the majority of the people. Famous adages become popular due to their usage over a long period of time. In fact, adage expresses a general fact or truth about life. Accepted as a universal truth. “God helps those who help themselves.”

Question 2

Pedantic

Answer 2

someone who is concerned with precision, formalism, accuracy, and minute details in order to make an arrogant or ostentatious showing of learning. A pedant often corrects small mistakes that are not important in grand matters and annoys others around them.

Question 3

Flippant

Answer 3

Lacking proper respect or seriousness. This is often associated with the impatience of youth.
Synonyms: cute, facetious, flip, pert, smart, smart alek, smart ass, wise-ass
Antonyms: sincere, earnest
Related: flighty, frivolous, fresh, cocky, impertinent, playful, impish, saucy, waggish, thoughtless

Question 4

Evocative

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the use of language that “suggests” meanings other than the denotative. The language that connects with emotions or feelings, not associated with the actual meaning of the word.

Question 5

Syntactical Inversion

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also called anastrophe, in literacy style and rhetoric, the syntactical reversal of the normal order of the words and phrases in a sentence, as, in English, the placing of an adjective after the noun it modifies(the form divine), a verb before its subject (came the dawn)

Question 6

Apposition

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a grammatical construction in which two elements, normally noun phrases, are placed side by side, with one element serving to identify the other in a different way. The two elements are said to be in apposition. Have you read the novel Harry Potter.

Question 7

Didatic

Answer 7

Literary texts which are overloaded with informative or realistic matter and are marked with the ommission of graceful and preasing details. Ostentanneously dull and erudite. Some can be entertaining and didatic

Question 8

Conceit

Answer 8

a figure of speech in which two vastly different objects are likened together with the help of similes and metaphors. Thus conceit can have a surprising or shocking effect on the readers because they are novel comparisons unlike the conventional comparisons made in similes and metaphors.
Spill the beans
Fit as a fiddle
Life is a bowl of cherries.

Question 9

Periodic sentence

Answer 9

a periodic sentence has the main clause or predicate at the end. This is used for emphasis and can be persuasive by putting reasons for something at the beginning before the final point is made. It can also create suspense or interest for the reader.
-In spite of heavy snow and cold temperatures, the game continued.

Question 10

Paradox

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it is a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or silly but may include a latent truth. It is also used to illustrate an opinion or statement contrary to accepted traditional ideas. A paradox is often used to make a reader think over an idea in an innovative way.
-All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.

Question 11

Irony

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a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words. It may also be a situation that may end up in quite a different way then what is generally anticipated. In simple words, it is a difference between the appearance and the reality.
-“Go ask his name: if he be married. My grave is to be like my wedding bed.

Question 12

Parentheses

Answer 12

a qualifying or explanatory sentence, clause, or word that writers insert into a paragraph or passage. It provides extra info.

Question 13

Sardonic

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grimly mocking, sarcastic, satirical, mocking in a humorous manner. This is one of those “TONE” words that fits the meaning.

Question 14

Satire

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a technique employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or society by using humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule, It intends ti improve humanity by criticizing its follies and fables
“If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn’t help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as us…”

Question 15

Polemical

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relating to or involving strongly critical, controversial, or disputatious writing or speech. “A polemical essay “ could be any of the following
-critical, hostile, bitter, venomous, sarcastic, scathing, incisive, devastating

Question 16

Ambiguity

Answer 16

ambiguity or fallacy of ambiguity is a word, phrase, or statement, which contains more than one meaning, skilled writers use ambiguity with purpose and intent

Question 17

Archetype

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an archetype, also known as a universal symbol may be a character, a theme, a symbol, or even a setting. Many literary critics are of the opinion that archetypes, which have a common and reoccurring representation in a particular human culture or the entire human race, shape the structure and function of a literary works

Question 18

Function of Archetype

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the use of archetypical characters and situations gives a literary work a universal acceptance, as readers identifying the characters and situations in their social and cultural context. Writers use this to try and import realism to their works, as the situations and characters are drawn from the experiences of the world

Question 19

Tragic Flaw

Answer 19

a literary device that can be defined as a trait in a character leading to his downfall and the character is often the hero of the literary piece. This trait could be lack of self-knowledge, lack of judgment, and is often hubris(pride)

Question 20

Assertion

Answer 20

when someone makes a statement investing his strong belief in it as, if it is true though it may not be, he is making an assertion. An assertion is a stylistic approach or technique involving a strong declaration, a forceful or confident and positive statement regarding a belief or a fact. Often without support/ pros.
-“I have put my every effort to complete this task today”