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AP ENGLISH MIDTERM EXAM REVIEW

AP ENGLISH MIDTERM EXAM REVIEW. Literary Vocabulary to Know. English Language Redundancy Litote (lie-toe-tee) – an understatement in which an idea is expressed by denial of its opposite (“She’s not unattractive”)

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AP ENGLISH MIDTERM EXAM REVIEW

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  1. AP ENGLISHMIDTERM EXAM REVIEW

  2. Literary Vocabulary to Know • English Language • Redundancy • Litote (lie-toe-tee) – an understatement in which an idea is expressed by denial of its opposite (“She’s not unattractive”) • Asyndeton – when conjunctions are deliberately omitted from a series (“I came, I saw, I conquered”) • Anaphora – repeating a series of words at the beginning of neighboring clauses • Sentence Structure • Periodic – a sentence that is not grammatically complete until the final clause or phrase • Run-on • Loose – a sentence in which the main idea is elaborated by the addition of modifying clauses or phrases • Compound-Complex • Epanalepsis – the repetition of the first word(s) of a clause or sentence at the end of that clause or sentence (“the king is dead, long live the king”) • Cumulative – essentially the same as a loose sentence

  3. Pronouns/Antecedent • Syntax • English Literature • Apostrophe • Metaphor • Allegory • Oxymoron • Antithesis – a counter proposition in direct contrast to the original proposition • Anachronism – an inconsistency in chronological arrangement • Allusion

  4. Style • Epic • Gothic • Free Verse • Ballad • Blank Verse • Heroic Couplet • Spondee • Dramatic Vocabulary • Dialogue • Soliloquy • Aside

  5. Tone/Mood • Double Entendre – ambiguity of language that lends itself to more than one meaning • Setting • Foreshadowing • Characterization • Theme • Free Response • Choice of Detail • Diction • Imagery

  6. Unfamiliar Vocabulary Words • Lugubrious • Naval • Venerable • Gregarious • Mordant • Saccharine • Sanguine • Vituperative • Sardonic

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