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100
A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art.
What is an Allusion?
100
To maximize your AP Score, your Thesis and Topic Sentences should be ____.
What is Explicit?
100
The duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language, such as a sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern.
What is Repetition?
100
The protagonist in Hermann Hesse's Demian.
What is Emil Sinclair?
100
According to one AP prompt, doing this could save the USPS over $40 billion in one decade.
What is Stopping Saturday Delivery?
200
The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage.
What is Ambiguity?
200
To maximize your AP Score, you should try to make your language ______.
What is Precise?
200
A word that means recklessly wasteful or careless; a key word in a famous parable
What is Prodigal?
200
The setting for Orwell's 1984.
What is Airstrip One?
200
Orwell feared that the ___ would be concealed from us. Huxley feared that the ___ would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance.
What is Truth? Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance.
300
Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid.
What is Figurative Language?
300
On Type 3 essays, you should make sure to generate evidence that is ______.
What is Credible, Specific, and Persuasive?
300
A figure of speech composed of contradictory words or phrases
What is oxymoron?
300
Slaughterhouse Five is considered a strong example of this movement.
What is Postmodernism?
300
George Orwell said we should fear ___ ___. An article written by Walter Kirn suggests we should be more afraid of ___ ___.
What is Big Brother and Little Brother?
400
From the Greek for “good speech,” a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept.
What is a Euphemism?
400
What you should do after identifying supporting evidence in an essay.
What is Analyze the meaning and significance of that evidence for the next 1-2 sentences?
400
From the Greek "Not a Good Place"
What is Dystopia?
400
Claudius tells Laertes, "Revenge should know ___ ___."
What is No Bounds? "Revenge should know no bounds."
400
The name of Hamlet's castle.
What is Elsinore?
500
A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them.
What is an Analogy?
500
The percentage of people in the world today with a four-year college degree.
What is 5?
500
an author’s characteristic manner of expression – his or her diction, syntax, imagery, structure, and content all contribute to this
What is style?
500
The (large) estate that Bingley is renting.
What is Netherfield Park?
500
The year Pride and Prejudice was published (within five years)
What is 1813?
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