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Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like Abstract Language, Ad homonym, Ad populum and more.
Of the following, the most critical terms for AP Language are: diction, syntax, tone, imagery, figurative language, point-of-view, detail, pacing, shift, connotation, denotation and theme.
the use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself; prevarication. the beginning or introductory part, especially of a discourse or treatise. Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like Ad Hominem, Ad Populum, Alliteration and more.
Download free-response questions from past AP English Language & Composition exams, along with scoring guidelines, sample responses, and scoring distributions.
When something is flattering, it compliments someone, or shows a person or a thing in its very best light, from the Old French root flater, "caress." Add the "not" prefix un-, and you get unflattering. Definitions of unflattering. adjective.
The AP Language exam deals primarily with the following genres: autobiography, biography, diaries, criticism, essays, and journalistic, political, scientific, and nature writing. Gothic – Writing characterized by gloom, mystery, fear and/or death.
For the AP exam, you should be able to describe an author's diction (for example, formal or informal, ornate or plain) and understand the ways in which diction can complement the author's purpose. Diction, combined with syntax, figurative language, literary devices, etc., creates an author's style.
