a story in which characters/events/settings represent a second meaning beneath the surface. | ||
urgent, persistent in request or demand. | ||
detached, apart, indifferent | ||
isolated, concerned with only local matters | ||
harsh or corrosive in tone | ||
believing the worst of human nature and motives | ||
feeling or showing extreme anger | ||
making wise decisions | ||
exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental | ||
imaginative recreation of an event or feeling, especially from the past | ||
marked by withdrawal and inability to form close relationships | ||
word or phrase to substitute something, or insult | ||
ambiguity of a meaning leading to more than one interpretation | ||
stimulating, affecting the feelings | ||
belittling or undervaluing oneself excessively | ||
not genuine | ||
longing for something past | ||
mixed feelings or emotions | ||
appearance, how pleasing something can be | ||
the act of adding extraneous decorations to something | ||
present at birth but not necessarily hereditary | ||
uniformity, similarity | ||
repetition of words, phrases, and clauses used in a concise manner, to emphasize a point | ||
a complex sentence in which the main clause comes last and is preceded by the subordinate clause | ||
two or more subjects joined together usually by "and" or "or" that share a common verb | ||
does not express a complete thought and cannot stand by itself as a complete sentence |
AP Language Semester Exam Terms
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