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AP list 4 - terms
AP List 4 - terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| narrator | the teller of the story; reliable or unreliable - trustworthy or not; naive - uncomprehending (like a child or simple-minded child adult) who narrates without realizing true implications; intrusive - keeps interrupting narrative to address the reader |
| onomatopoeia | natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words |
| oxymoron | Greek - "pointedly foolish" - author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox |
| paradox | statement which appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but contains some degree of true or validity |
| parallelism | Greek - "beside one another" - grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity |
| anaphora | sub-type of parallelism - the exact repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines or sentences; think "I Have a Dream" |
| parody | work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and / or ridicule; audience must grasp allusion in order for it to be effective |
| pedantic | an adjective used to describe words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or "bookish" - language that might be considered "showing off"; using big words just for the sake of big words |
| periodic sentence | the opposite of a loose sentence; presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end; considered a much stronger sentence than the loose sentence |
| point of view | perspective from which the story is told; first person, third person limited,& third person omniscient |
| prologue | an introductory section of a work or an introduction in a speech or play |
| rhetoric | Greek - "orator" - describes principles governing the art of writing eloquently, effectively, and persuasively |
| sarcasm | Greek - "to tear flesh" - involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule; may use irony as a device, but not all verbal irony is sarcasm |
| satire | work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule |
| semantics | branch of linguistics that studies the meanings of words, their historical & psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another |
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