6596974143 | Didactic | Intended to instruct; Instructive | 0 | |
6596974693 | Homily | a sermon | 1 | |
6596975334 | Invective | abusive language | 2 | |
6596975335 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it | 3 | |
6596979484 | Pedantic | Excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules | 4 | |
6596980954 | Synesthesia | describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color", "a sweet sound"); when one experience triggers another experience | 5 | |
6596982019 | Rhetorical Shift | This occurs when the author of an essay significantly alters his or hers diction, syntax, or both. It isn't exactly a different writer who is writing, but it feels awfully close to it. Rhetorical shifts are important to recognize because they are dramatic and usually occur at critical points in an argument. | 6 | |
6596984506 | Acerbic | bitter, sharp in taste or temper | 7 | |
6596984507 | Conciliatory | Appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile | 8 | |
6596984943 | Pragmatic | practical, as opposed to idealistic | 9 | |
6596987505 | Obsequious | Overly submissive and eager to please | 10 | |
6596989176 | Ghoulish | revolting in an unnatural or morbid way; suggestive of someone who robs graves or otherwise preys on the dead | 11 |
AP Lit Terminology #2 Flashcards
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