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AP Language Week #4 Terms Flashcards

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5259274270pacingtempo, rhythm, fluency of a piece that establishes the rate of development of points0
5259286279parableshort, simple story with moral lesson that is directly stated1
5259289501paradoxon the surface a statement that appears false, but is truthful in some way2
5259297087parallelismrhetorical and grammatical term--equally important ideas presented in similar sentence construction--like verbal echoes3
5259304834parodywork that ridicules a serious piece of writing or a particular writer's style in a flippant or inappropriate manner4
5259318088pedanticstyle in which one is a show-off or obsessed with minutia5
5259325517periodic sentenceopposite of loose sentence--the important idea is delayed until the completion of the sentence6
5259335181personificationfigure of speech in which objects or ideas are given human qualities7
5259338718persuasionwriting to convince an audience of an opinion or to do an action--requires logic and proof8
5259345545point of viewthe vantage point from which the narrator relates the events of the narrative (first person, omniscient, etc.)9
5259354344predicate adjectivean adjective found only after a linking verb--always modifies the subject--found in predicate part of the sentence10
5259368871predicate nominativea noun or pronoun (nominative=name) found only after a linking verb--found in predicate part of the sentence11
5259379213proselanguage that is not poetry in form--sentences and paragraphs--used in novels, short stories, essays, etc.12
5259389896purposethe author's planned subject to be discussed or end to be achieved13
5259393946readingtaking in the sense of a work, both literally and figuratively, to allow analysis14
5259400006reliabilitynarrator's quality of being trustworthy15

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