AP Terms 5

Question 1

Lyrical

Answer 1

songlike; characterized by emotions, subjectivity, and imagination

Question 2

Mode

Answer 2

the method or form of a literary work; the manner in which a work of literature is written

Question 3

Mood

Answer 3

similar to tone, mood is primary emotion attitude of a work

Question 4

Narration

Answer 4

the telling of a story in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama

Question 5

Objectivity

Answer 5

an impersonal presentation of events and characters

Question 6

Oversimplification

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Oxymoron

Answer 7

a figure of speech composed of contradictory words or phrases

Question 8

Pacing

Answer 8

the movement of a literary piece from 1 point or 1 section to another

Question 9

Parable

Answer 9

a short tale that teaches a moral; similar to but shorter than an allegory

Question 10

Parallelism

Answer 10

the technique of arranging words, phrases, clauses, or larger structures by placing them side by side and making them similar in form