Ap Terms Day 5 Flashcards
Invective
a verbally abusive attack
Inversion
customary reversing (subject first then verb, then complement) order of elements in a sentence effectively used in questions
Jargon
The special language of a profession or group, The term has pejorative associations with the implication that jargon is evasive,tedious and unintelligible to outsiders
Logical Appeal- Logos
When a writer tries to persuade using logic
Lyrical
Song-like; characterized by motions, subjectivity, and imagination
Mode
the method or form of a literary work
Mood
similar to tone, mood is primary emotional attitude of a work, syntax is a determiner of mood
Narration
the telling of a story in fiction, nonfiction, poetry or drama
Objective
an impersonal presentation of events and characters
Oversimplification
When a writer obscures or denies the complexity of an issue in an argument
Oxymoron
A figure of speech composed of contradictory words or phrases, such as wise fool, bittersweet, pretty ugly
Pacing
the movement of a literary piece from one point to another
Parable
a short tale that teaches a moral but shorter than an allegory
