AP Vocab 29

Question 1

A butler spends his days in a beautiful mansion, but returns home to a closet-sized apartment

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juxtaposition

Question 2

writing whose purpose is to instruct or to teach

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didactic

Question 3

consists of omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses

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asyndeton

Question 4

Pilgrim's Progress, John Bunyan's allegorical lesson on resisting temptation

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didactic

Question 5

They asked the question because they were curious.

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hypotaxis

Question 6

There were frowzy fields, and cow-houses, and dunghills, and dustheaps, and ditches.

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polysyndeton

Question 7

writing successive independent clauses, with coordinating conjunctions or no conjunctions

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parataxis

Question 8

movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another

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pacing

Question 9

Just as a sword is the weapon of a warrior, a pen is the weapon of a writer.

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analogy

Question 10

word, phrase, or whole sentence inserted as an aside in the middle of another sentence

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parenthesis

Question 11

exact repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines or sentences

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anaphora

Question 12

emotionally violent verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language

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invective

Question 13

Rape of the Lock ridicules Belinda's losing a lock of hair to show the frivolity of society.

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satire

Question 14

grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, etc. to give structural similarity

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parallelism

Question 15

My life is my purpose. My life is my goal. My life is my inspiration.

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anaphora

Question 16

use of a conjunction between each word, phrase, or clause

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polysyndeton

Question 17

deliberate omission of a word or words that are readily implied by the context

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ellipsis

Question 18

Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, / Shrunk to this little measure?

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asyndeton

Question 19

normally unassociated ideas, words, or phrases are placed next to another

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juxtaposition

Question 20

using subordination to show the relationship between clauses or phrases

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hypotaxis

Question 21

similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them

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analogy

Question 22

reversing the customary order of elements in a sentence or phrase

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inversion

Question 23

We walked to the top of the hill, and we sat down.

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parataxis

Question 24

Hide not your talents. They for use were made.

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inversion

Question 25

Evil men fear authority; good men cherish it.

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antithesis

Question 26

presentation of two contrasting images; ideas are balanced by word, phrase, clause, etc.

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antithesis

Question 27

I told the story--and I know I was right--about what happened that night.

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parenthesis

Question 28

Lightning flashed! Thunder boomed! Glass broke! I screamed and ran!

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pacing

Question 29

He's so dumb he doesn't know he's alive.

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invective

Question 30

work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions for reform or ridicule

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satire

Question 31

The streets were deserted, the doors bolted.

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ellipsis

Question 32

I was very busy gathering the laundry, dusting the furniture, and washing the dishes.

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parallelism

AP Vocab 29

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AP Vocab 29

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