AP Lit Terminology #2 Flashcards

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