AP Lang Exam Review (Questions with 100% correct answers)

Alliteration correct answers Repetition of the same sound beginning several words or syllables in sequence Allegory correct answers A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one Allusion correct answers Brief reference to a person, event, or place (real or fictitious) or to a work of art Analogy correct answers A comparison b/w two seemingly dissimilar things; often uses something simple or familiar to explain something unfamiliar or complex Anecdote correct answers A brief story used to illustrate a point or claim Aphorism correct answers a pithy observation that contains a general truth, such as, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." Refutation correct answers Addresses the counterargument Antimetabole correct answers Repetition of words in reverse order Antithesis correct answers Opposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a parallel construction Assonance correct answers In poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible (e.g., penitence, reticence ). Assertion correct answers A statement that presents a claim or thesis Rhetorical Triange correct answers Relationship between speaker, audience, and subject (Aristotle) Ethos correct answers Used to demonstrate credibility and trustworthiness Logos correct answers Clear, rational ideas using specific details, examples, facts, statistics, or expert testimony Pathos correct answers Emotional appeals that play on the audience's values, desires, and hopes, on the one hand, or fears and prejudices, on the other SOAPSTone correct answers Subject Occasion (time and place)