AP Terminology Day 5

Question 1

Verbally abusive attack.

Answer 1

Invective

Question 2

Reversing the customary order of elements in a sentence or phrase.

Answer 2

Inversion

Question 3

Special language of a profession or group.

Answer 3

Jargon

Question 4

When a writer tries to persuade the audience based on statistics, facts, and reason.

Answer 4

Logical Appeal: Logos

Question 5

Song-like; characterized by emotion, subjectivity, and imagination.

Answer 5

Lyrical

Question 6

Method or form of a literary work; manner in which a work of literature is written.

Answer 6

Mode

Question 7

Similar to tone, mood is the primary emotional attitude of the work.

Answer 7

Mood

Question 8

Telling a story in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama; 1 of the 4 modes of discourse.

Answer 8

Narration

Question 9

Impersonal presentation of events and characters. It’s a writers attempt to move himself/herself from any subjective, personal involvement in the story.

Answer 9

Objectivity

Question 10

When a writer obscures or denies the complexity of the issues in an argument.

Answer 10

Oversimplification

Question 11

Figure of speech composed of contradictory words or phrases, such as bitter sweet.

Answer 11

Oxymoron

Question 12

Movement of a literary piece from one point or section to another.

Answer 12

Pacing

Question 13

Short tale that teaches a moral, similar to but shorter than allegory.

Answer 13

Parable