AP English Language Literary Terms (41-78)

	NOUN ‐ the writer or speaker's attempt to convince an audience using fact, scientific research, statistics, or experts, attempting to persuade through appealing to the reader's sense of reason
	expressing a poet's inner feelings; emotional; full of images; song-like
	verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
	verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
	(rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth
	an impersonal presentation of events and characters. It is a writer's attempt to remove himself or herself from any subjective, personal involvement in a story. Hard news journalism is frequently prized for its objectivity, although even fictional stories can be told without a writer rendering personal judgment.
	When a writer obscures or denies the complexity of the issues in an argument
	a figure of speech consisting of two apparently contradictory terms
	the movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another
	a short narrative designed to teach a moral lesson
	a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
	the use of a series of words, phrases, or sentences that have similar grammatical form
	humorous or satirical mimicry
	quality in drama, speech, music, literature, or events that arouses a feeling of pity/sorrow
	overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education; show-offish about one's knowledge
	a form of argumentation, one of the four modes of discourse; language intended to convince through appeals to reason or emotion.
	an element in literature that conveys a realistic portrayal of a specific geographical locale, using the locale and its influences as a major part of the plot
	a question asked for an effect, not actually requiring an answer
	witty language used to convey insults or scorn
	form of literature in which irony, sarcasm, and ridicule are employed to attack human vice and folly
	the voice that communicates with the reader of the poem or play; the voice that talks to the audience
	one regarded as embodying a set image or type; fixed and unvarying representation; standardized mental picture often reflecting prejudice; Ex. stereotype of the happy slave; V: make a stereotype of; represent by a stereotype; Ex. It is wrong to stereotype people; Ex. stereotyped answer
	the choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
	a personal presentation of events and characters, influenced by the author's feelings and opinions
	a three-part deductive argument in which a conclusion is based on a major premise and a minor premise ("All men are mortal; Socrates is a man; therefore, Socrates is mortal.")
	symbolism; the part signifies the whole, or the whole the part (all hands on board)
	Ability to create a variety of sentence structures, appropriately complex and/or simple and varied in length.
	Sentence structures that are extraordinarily complex and involved. They are often difficult for a reader to follow.
	the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
	a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
	The basic argument advanced by a speaker or writer who then attempts to prove it; the subject or major argument of a speech or composition.
	the writer's or speaker's attitude toward the subject of a story, toward a character, or toward the audience (the readers).
	a word or phrase that links one idea to the next and carries the reader from sentence to sentence, paragraph to paragraph.
	the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is; a deliberate under-emphasis
	the combination of all elements working together to achieve a sense of harmony in your design; grouping related items close together
	can refer to two different areas of writing. One refers to the relationship between a sentence's subject and verb (active and passive). The second refers to the total "sound" of the writer's style.