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AP language terms
Question | Answer |
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DICTION | word choice, especially with regard to connotation, correctness, clearness, or effectiveness. Combines with syntax, literary devices, etc. to create style |
TONE | the writer's attitude toward the subject or sometimes the audience; tone is created through the writer's word choices, sentence structures, juxtapositions (comparisons), persuasive techniques, etc. Tone should not be confused with mood. |
TONE (CONTINUED) | Tone words include the following: angry, hollow, allusive, vexed, bitter, restrained, proud, dramatic, urgent, joking, poignant, detached, confused, mocking, objective, vibrant, frivolous, shocking, somber, provocative, sentimental, fanciful, etc. |
MOOD | the emotional response that a piece of literature stimulates in the reader; a work may contain a mood of horror, mystery, holiness, childlike simplicity, etc. |
STYLE | the manner in which an author uses words, shapes, ideas, forms, and sentences and creates a structure to convey ideas (such as Mark Twain's use of realism and naturalism) or classification of authors to a group |
VOICE | the real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker |