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A.P. Vocabulary: Style Analysis. Unit 1, Test 2. 1. To explicate. Verb To analyze and develop an idea or text in detail Noun a feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and serving to identify it. 2. Characteristic. 3 . Contemporary. Adjective
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A.P. Vocabulary: Style Analysis Unit 1, Test 2
1. To explicate • Verb • To analyze and develop an idea or text in detail • Noun • a feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and serving to identify it 2. Characteristic
3. Contemporary • Adjective • living or occurring at the same time; dating from the same time • Verb • To explain or make (something) clear by using examples, charts, pictures, etc 4. To illustrate
5. Controversial • Adjective • Giving rise to public disagreement • Verb • To give special importance or prominence to 6. To emphasize
7. Relevant • Adjective • Pertaining to; related to • Adjective • intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive 8. didactic
9. Cumulative/Loose • Adjective • Syntax and Organization type: A type of sentence in which the main idea (independent clause) comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses. A work containing many loose sentences often seems informal, relaxed, or conversational. Generally, loose sentences create loose style. • (Example: I arrived at the San Diego airport after a long, bumpy ride and multiple delays.) • Adjective • Syntax and Organization type: a sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. This independent clause is preceded by a phrase or clause that cannot stand alone. The effect of a periodic sentence is to add emphasis and structural variety. It is also a much stronger sentence than the loose sentence. • (Example: After a long, bumpy flight and multiple delays, I arrived at the San Diego airport.) 10. Periodic
11. Inversion • Noun • Syntax and Organization type: change of order so that the first becomes last and the last first • Adjective • Syntax and Organization type: the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity. 12. Parallelism
13. Euphemism • Noun • more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept. • Noun • Mythological, Biblical, or historical reference 14. Allusion
15. Oxymoron • Noun • an oxymoron is a figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms suggest a paradox.