List 3 AP Academic Vocab

a statement in which a writer presents an assertion as truth to substantiate an argument

• conflict

• claim

• apostrophe

• bias

the use of historically inaccurate detains in a text

• aesthetic

• asyndeton

• allusion

• anachronism

figure of speech in which the order of terms in the first of parallel clauses is reversed in the second

• chiasmus

• contradiction

• anadiplosis

• anaphora

the attribution of human characteristics to a god, animal, or object

• personification

• anthropomorphism

• argumentative

• anadiplosis

What is an example of a contradiction?

• The crisis kept him from leaving early.

• The horrible car accident created a traffic jam on the interstate.

• This was a minor crisis and the only choice was to drop the product line,

• The choices were wait patiently or get off of the interstate and drive the long route home.

What ideas go with "begging the question?"

• a premise already assumes the conclusion

• filthy and polluting coal should be banned

• we know the earth is round because we have pictures from space

• the Volkswagen Beetle is an evil car and should be banned because it was designed by Hitler's army

a direct opposition between things compared

• analogy

• argument

• contradiction

• connotation

What do we call a novel whose theme is the moral and phycological growth of the main character?

At the end of the short story "The Lady or the Tiger," the reader is left not knowing which door the man chooses. What is this an example of?

• foreshadowing

• ambiguity

• climax

• conflict

use of language that is unclear or may have multiple meanings

• ambiguity

• abstract

• begging the question

• contradiction