AP Terms F-V Test
Across
- 3. Art of effective communication, especially persuasive discourse.
- 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….”
- 9. the reversal of the normal word order in a sentence or phrase.
- 12. a work that makes fun of another work by imitating some aspect of the writer’s style.
- 13. the distinctive way in which a writer uses language: a writer’s distinctive use of diction, tone, and syntax.
- 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.
- 17. the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot.
- 20. a type of comedy in which ridiculous and often stereotyped characters are involved in silly, far-fetched situations.
- 21. the reasons for a character’s behavior.
- 23. a statement that appears self-contradictory, but that reveals a kind of truth.
- 24. the series of related events in a story or play, sometimes called the storyline.
Down
- 1. a type of writing that ridicules the shortcomings of people or institutions in an attempt to bring about a change.
- 2. the insight about human life that is revealed in a literary work.
- 4. a figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. “Jumbo shrimp.” “Pretty ugly.” “Bitter-sweet”
- 5. the use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person , a thing, a place, or an experience.
- 6. a very short story told in prose or poetry that teaches a practical lesson about how to succeed in life.
- 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...
- 10. the central character in a story, the one who initiates or drives the action. Usually the hero or anti-hero;
- 11. a scene that interrupts the normal chronological sequence of events in a story to depict something that happened at an earlier time.
- 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.
- 16. the language spoken by the people who live in a particular locality.
- 18. OF VIEW the vantage point from which the writer tells the story.
- 19. a discrepancy between appearances and reality.
- 21. An atmosphere created by a writer’s diction and the details selected.
- 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.