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AP language terms
Question | Answer |
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INVECTIVE | emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language |
PEDANTIC | adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish. Extreme of didactic. |
DIDACTIC | from Greek, literally means "teaching." Works have primary aim of teaching or instructing, especially moral or ethical principles |
SARCASM | Greek meaning "to tear flesh" Bitter, caustic language meant to hurt/ridicule |
WIT | a form of wordplay that displays cleverness or ingenuity with language. Often, but not always, wit displays humor. |
SENTIMENT | refined and tender emotion in literature; sometimes used derisively to represent insincerity or mawkishness. |
VERISIMILITUDE | similar to truth; the quality of realism in a work that persuades the reader that he/she is getting a vision of life as it is. |