AP Lang - AP Terms #4 (parody-sarcasm)

Question 1

imitation of particular style, writer, artist, or genre, exaggerating to produce a comedic effect.

Answer 1

parody

Question 2

someone who’s too concerned with literal accuracy or formality.

Answer 2

pedantic

Question 3

sentence which has been deliberately structured to place the main point at the end.

Answer 3

periodic sentence

Question 4

figure of speech in which a thing, and idea, or an animal is given human attributes.

Answer 4

personification

Question 5

mode of narration that an author employs to tell the story.

Answer 5

point of view

Question 6

language with no formal metrical structure; follows natural flow of speech.

Answer 6

prose

Question 7

ability of making a simple sentence sound like a dramatic one.

Answer 7

repetition

Question 8

art and study of using language effectively and persuasively.

Answer 8

rhetoric

Question 9

describe the variety, conventions, and purposes of the major kinds of language-based communication, particularly writing and speaking.

Answer 9

rhetorical modes

Question 10

literary and rhetorical device meant to mock with often satirical or ironic remarks with a purpose to amus and hurt someone or some section of society.

Answer 10

sarcasm