AP Terms F-V Test

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Across
  1. 3. Art of effective communication, especially persuasive discourse.
  2. 8. a figure of speech that uses an incredible exaggeration or overstatement, for effect. “If I told you once, I’ve told you a million times….”
  3. 9. the reversal of the normal word order in a sentence or phrase.
  4. 12. a work that makes fun of another work by imitating some aspect of the writer’s style.
  5. 13. the distinctive way in which a writer uses language: a writer’s distinctive use of diction, tone, and syntax.
  6. 14. a recurring image, word, phrase, action, idea, object, or situation used throughout a work (or in several works by one author), unifying the work by tying the current situation to previous ones, or new ideas to the theme.
  7. 17. the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot.
  8. 20. a type of comedy in which ridiculous and often stereotyped characters are involved in silly, far-fetched situations.
  9. 21. the reasons for a character’s behavior.
  10. 23. a statement that appears self-contradictory, but that reveals a kind of truth.
  11. 24. the series of related events in a story or play, sometimes called the storyline.
Down
  1. 1. a type of writing that ridicules the shortcomings of people or institutions in an attempt to bring about a change.
  2. 2. the insight about human life that is revealed in a literary work.
  3. 4. a figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. “Jumbo shrimp.” “Pretty ugly.” “Bitter-sweet”
  4. 5. the use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person , a thing, a place, or an experience.
  5. 6. a very short story told in prose or poetry that teaches a practical lesson about how to succeed in life.
  6. 7. sentence which uses a conjunction with NO commas to separate the items in a series. Instead of X, Y, and Z...results in X and Y and Z...
  7. 10. the central character in a story, the one who initiates or drives the action. Usually the hero or anti-hero;
  8. 11. a scene that interrupts the normal chronological sequence of events in a story to depict something that happened at an earlier time.
  9. 15. A character who acts as contrast to another character. Often a funny side kick to the dashing hero, or a villain contrasting the hero.
  10. 16. the language spoken by the people who live in a particular locality.
  11. 18. OF VIEW the vantage point from which the writer tells the story.
  12. 19. a discrepancy between appearances and reality.
  13. 21. An atmosphere created by a writer’s diction and the details selected.
  14. 22. the attitude a writer takes toward the subject of a work, the characters in it, or the audience, revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization.