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AP LIT Vocab Pt. 3
Terms for the Multiple Choice and Essays Sections
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect or ridicule | parody |
| An adjective that descrives words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish | pedantic |
| A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end, preceded by the dependent clause | periodic sentences |
| A figure of speech in which the author presents or descrives concepts, animals, or inatimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions | personification |
| the perspective from which a story is told | point of view |
| A subject complement in which an adjective follows a linking verb to form the predicate | predicate adjective |
| A subject complement in which a noun follows a linking verb to form the predicate | predicate nominative |
| Fiction and nonfiction; written in ordinary language and everyday speech | prose |
| The duplication of any element of language such as sounds, words, phrases, clauses, sentences, or grammatical patterns | repetition |
| The principles governing the art of wrting effectively, eloquently, and persuasively | rhetoric |
| Describes the variety, conventions, and purposes of the major kinds of writing: exposition (analyzes), argumentation (proves), description (visually presents), and narration (tells a story). | rhetorical modes |
| A question that is asked merely for effect and does not expect a reply | rhetorical question |
| Bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule | sarcasm |
| A style that targets human vices and follies, social institutions and conventions, for reform or ridicule | satire |
| A type of third person POV that uses the first person pronoun I and the narrator is a character in the story | first person narrator |
| A type of third person POV that uses third person pronouns such as he, she, and it. Two varieties: Omniscient (godlike knowlegde of all thoughts) and Limited Omniscient (knowledge of one character's thoughts) | third person narrator |
| A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect or ridicule | parody |
| An adjective that descrives words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish | pedantic |
| A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end, preceded by the dependent clause | periodic sentences |
| A figure of speech in which the author presents or descrives concepts, animals, or inatimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions | personification |
| the perspective from which a story is told | point of view |
| A subject complement in which an adjective follows a linking verb to form the predicate | predicate adjective |
| A subject complement in which a noun follows a linking verb to form the predicate | predicate nominative |
| Fiction and nonfiction; written in ordinary language and everyday speech | prose |
| The duplication of any element of language such as sounds, words, phrases, clauses, sentences, or grammatical patterns | repetition |
| The principles governing the art of wrting effectively, eloquently, and persuasively | rhetoric |
| rhetorical modes | |
| rhetorical question | |
| sarcasm | |
| satire | |
| A type of third person POV that uses the first person pronoun I and the narrator is a character in the story | first person narrator |
| A type of third person POV that uses third person pronouns such as he, she, and it. Two varieties: Omniscient (godlike knowlegde of all thoughts) and Limited Omniscient (knowledge of one character's thoughts) | third person narrator |
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