AP Lang Rhetorical and Literary Terms Part 4 Flashcards
Mood
The atmosphere created in a text by the authors diction and choices in figurative language
Moral
A lesson drawn from a story
Negative-positive
A sentence that presents what is not true first, then spending it by stating what is true
Non-sequitur
When a statement is not logically connected to another
Objectivity
A writer’s attempt to remove him/herself from any subjective personal involvement in text
Onomatopoeia
The use of a word whose pronunciation suggests its meaning
Oversimplification
When a writer obscures or denies the complexity of an issue in an argument
Oxymoron
A type of rhetorical antithesis where 2 contradictory terms are linked by proximity and meaning
Paradox
A seemingly contradictory statement that reveals a truth
Parallelism
Sentence construction with two or more grammatical similarities
Parody
An exaggerated imitation of a more serious work for humorous purposes
Persona
A fictional voice created by an author to tell a story (fiction) or for a specific effect (nonfiction:satire for example)
Personification
Inanimate objects, animals, ideas, or abstractions which an author endows with human traits or form
Point of view
The perspective from which a story is told (pronouns are often the key to establishing the point of view the author chooses)
Post hoc, propter hoc
A logical fallacy which implies that because one thing follows another, the first thing causes the second
