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Term 2 AP Language 2016-2017 Flashcards

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5344593101subjective descriptionA description in which the author's thoughts and feelings are presented along with the physical details of a scene0
5344594953objective descriptionA description that shows what a detached observer would would see and hear in a scene1
5374210037descriptive modeA rhetorical mode in which the writer appeals to the senses: it tells how something looks, feels, sounds, smells, or tastes2
5374212640narrative modeA rhetorical mode in which the writer tells an account of actions and events that happen to someone or something in a particular place and time. Narration is essentially storytelling.3
5374215790dominant impressionIn descriptive writing, the main impression of a subject that a writer creates through the use of carefully selected details4
5393806491paradoxa seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true. "in a paradox, he has discovered that stepping back from his job has increased the rewards he gleans from it"5
5393808365ironywhen a REVERSAL of expectations occurs incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result; an event or result marked by such incongruity6

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