AP Language - Week Four Flashcards

5023008088	parody	A work that closely imitates the styles or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. It distorts or exaggerates distinctive features of the original.	0
5023023970	pedantic	An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish.	1
5023028214	periodic sentence	Presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. The independent clause is preceded by a phrase or clause that cannot stand alone.	2
5023039756	personification	A figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions.	3
5023047982	point of view	The perspective in which a story is told. There are two general divisions and many subdivisions within those.	4
5023056820	prose	One of the major divisions of genre, it refers to fiction & nonfiction, including all its forms.	5
5023074635	repetition	The duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language, such as sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern.	6
5023082536	rhetoric	From the Greek for "orator," this term describes the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively.	7
5023090379	rhetorical modes	This flexible term describes the variety, the conventions, and the purposes of the major kinds of writing. The four most common are exposition, persuasive, description, and narrative.	8
5023110944	sarcasm	From the Greek meaning "to tear flesh", it involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something. It many use irony as a device.	9