AP English 11 Summer Assignment
Allegory -correct answer*a narrative in which the characters, behavior, and even the
setting demonstrate multiple levels of meaning and significance. Often _______ is a
universal symbol or personified abstraction, such as Cupid portrayed as a chubby angel
with a bow and arrows. Alliteration -correct answer*the sequential repetition of a similar
initial sound, usually applied the consonants, usually in closely proximate stressed
syllables, for instance, "Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore." Allusion -correct
answer*literary, historical, religious, or mythological reference. For example, "Chocolate
was her Achilles' heel." This means that her weakness was her love of chocolate. Achilles
is a character in Greek mythology who was invincible. His mother dipped him in magical
water when he was a baby, and she held him by the heel. The magic protected him all
over, except for his heel. Anaphora -correct answer*the regular repetition of the same
words or phrases at the beginning of successive phrases of clauses. From literature,
consider the opening words from Charles Dickens' Tale of Two Cities: It was the best of
times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it
was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was
the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had
everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we
were all going direct the other way Another good example is Martin Luther King "I Have
a Dream" speech Antithesis -correct answer*the juxtaposition sharply contrasting ideas
in balanced or parallel words, phrases, grammatical structrue or ideas i.e. Money is the
root of all evils: poverty is the fruit of all goodness. Aphorism -correct answer*a concise
statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief. Example:
Ignorance is bliss and everyone dies but not everyone lies Apostrophe -correct
answer*An address or invocation to something inanimate. Hello darkness, my old friend,
I've come to talk to you again. Appeals to authority, emotion, or logic -correct
answer*rhetorical arguments in which the speaker claims to be an authority or expert in
a field, attempts to play upon the emotions, or appeals to the use of reason. Classically
trained rhetoricians identify these appeals with their Greek names: ethos is authority,
pathos is emotion, and logos is logic Assonance -correct answer*the repetition of
identical or similar vowel sounds, usually in successive or proximate word "The rain in
Spain falls mainly in the plain" Asyndeton -correct answer*a syntactical structure in
which conjunctions are omitted in a series, usually producing more rapid proses for
example, "Veni, vidi, vici (I came, I saw, I conquered)," supposedly said by Julius Caesar.
Attitude -correct answer*the sense expressed by the tone of voice or the mood of a
piece of writing; the author's feelings toward his or her subject, characters, events, or
theme. It might even be his or her feelings for the reader. AP English exam essay
prompts often require students to respond to some aspect of the attitude ofthe writer,
Allegory -correct answer*a narrative in which the characters, behavior, and even the
setting demonstrate multiple levels of meaning and significance. Often _______ is a
universal symbol or personified abstraction, such as Cupid portrayed as a chubby angel
with a bow and arrows. Alliteration -correct answer*the sequential repetition of a similar
initial sound, usually applied the consonants, usually in closely proximate stressed
syllables, for instance, "Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore." Allusion -correct
answer*literary, historical, religious, or mythological reference. For example, "Chocolate
was her Achilles' heel." This means that her weakness was her love of chocolate. Achilles
is a character in Greek mythology who was invincible. His mother dipped him in magical
water when he was a baby, and she held him by the heel. The magic protected him all
over, except for his heel. Anaphora -correct answer*the regular repetition of the same
words or phrases at the beginning of successive phrases of clauses. From literature,
consider the opening words from Charles Dickens' Tale of Two Cities: It was the best of
times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it
was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was
the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had
everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we
were all going direct the other way Another good example is Martin Luther King "I Have
a Dream" speech Antithesis -correct answer*the juxtaposition sharply contrasting ideas
in balanced or parallel words, phrases, grammatical structrue or ideas i.e. Money is the
root of all evils: poverty is the fruit of all goodness. Aphorism -correct answer*a concise
statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief. Example:
Ignorance is bliss and everyone dies but not everyone lies Apostrophe -correct
answer*An address or invocation to something inanimate. Hello darkness, my old friend,
I've come to talk to you again. Appeals to authority, emotion, or logic -correct
answer*rhetorical arguments in which the speaker claims to be an authority or expert in
a field, attempts to play upon the emotions, or appeals to the use of reason. Classically
trained rhetoricians identify these appeals with their Greek names: ethos is authority,
pathos is emotion, and logos is logic Assonance -correct answer*the repetition of
identical or similar vowel sounds, usually in successive or proximate word "The rain in
Spain falls mainly in the plain" Asyndeton -correct answer*a syntactical structure in
which conjunctions are omitted in a series, usually producing more rapid proses for
example, "Veni, vidi, vici (I came, I saw, I conquered)," supposedly said by Julius Caesar.
Attitude -correct answer*the sense expressed by the tone of voice or the mood of a
piece of writing; the author's feelings toward his or her subject, characters, events, or
theme. It might even be his or her feelings for the reader. AP English exam essay
prompts often require students to respond to some aspect of the attitude ofthe writer,
