APLAC Glossary Test 10/30

Question 1

Parody

Answer 1

make fun of a literary work/an author by writing an imitation of the work or of the author’s style.

Question 2

Pathos

Answer 2

a sympathetic feeling of pity or compassion evoked by an artistic work. (appeal to emotions)

Question 3

Person

Answer 3

describes the relationship of a writer/speaker to an audience by examining the pronouns that are used

Question 4

Persona

Answer 4

the character created by the voice and narration of the speaker of a text.

Question 5

Personification

Answer 5

a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes.

Question 6

Point of View

Answer 6

the perspective from which a story is told.

Question 7

Preterition

Answer 7

the pretense of omitting something for the purpose of attracting attention to it.

Question 8

Prewriting

Answer 8

encompasses all the activities that take place before a writer actually starts a rough draft.

Question 9

Process Analysis

Answer 9

exposition; answers the question how? and explains how something works or gives step-by-step directions for doing something.

Question 10

Prolepsis

Answer 10

the anticipation and answering of possible objections in rhetorical speech.

Question 11

Publication

Answer 11

the stage of the writing process when the writer shares their writing with the Intended audience.

Question 12

Pun

Answer 12

a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.

Question 13

Purpose

Answer 13

the goal the writer wants to achieve in a piece of writing.

Question 14

Reductio ad absurdum (“reduction to absurdity”)

Answer 14

an appeal that asks an audience to recognize an idea as either self-contradictory or as so unreasonable as to be absurd.

Question 15

Repetition

Answer 15

the repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis.