AP test terms part 3

aphorism

brief saying that embodies a moral, concise statement of a principle/precept

apostrophe

an absent person or, and abstract concept or an important object is directly addressed as if were present or capable of responding

appositive

a noun or noun phrase that renames/redescribes another noun beside it

assonance

repetition of vowel sound

asyndeton

conjunctions are omitted, producing a fast-paced and rapid prose

atmosphere

the MOOD or pervasive feeling insinuated by a literary work

audience

part of your rhetorical situation (speaker, subject, audience) ; the person or persons to whom comments are directed (affects tone, meaning)

bildungsroman

literary genre that denotes the story of an individual’s growth and development within the context of a defined social orders.

cacophony

harsh, discordant sounds

chiasmus

repetition of ideas in inverted order

climax

writer arranges ideas in the order of importance

example of aphorism

“one day is worth two tomorrows” Ben Frankiln

example of apostrophe

“Is this a dagger for which i see before me, the handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee” Macbeth

example of appositive

my boyfriend, a high school student, loves playing guitar

example of assonance

“The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain”

example of asyndeton

“I came, I saw, I conquered”

example of atmosphere

The raven by Edgar Allen Poe has a sense of isolation and sorrow

example of audience

young adult stories - Hunger games

example of bildungsroman

Catcher in the Rye and Jane Eyre

example of cacophony

“Beware the Jabberwock, my son! / The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!"

example of chiasmus

You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget."
(Reverses the acts of remembering and forgetting)

example of climax

“For a look, for a smile, for a kiss” - order of importance