AP Terminology (Day 5) Flashcards
Invective
a verbally abusive attack
Inversion
reversing the customary (subject first, then verb, then complement) order of elements in a sentence or phrase
Jargon
the special language of a profession or group
Logical Appeal, Logos
when a writer tries to persuade the audience based on statistics, facts, and reason
Lyrical
songlike; characterized by emotions, subjectively, and imagination
Mode
the method or form of literary work
Mood
similar to tone; mood is the primary emotional attitude of a work
Narration
the telling of a story in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama
Objectivity
an impersonal presentation of events and characters. It is a writer’s attempt to remove himself or herself from any subjective, personal involvement in a story
Oversimplification
when a writer obscures or denies the complexity of the issues in an argument
Oxymoron
a figure of speech composed of contradictory words or phrases
Pacing
the movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another
Parable
a short tale that teaches a moral; similar to but shorter than any allegory
