AP Lang quiz 5

hubris

Excessive pride that often affects tone.

humanism

A belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human potential and creativity.

hyperbole

Overstatement; gross exaggeration for rhetorical effect.

idyll

A lyric poem or passage that describes a kind of ideal life or place.

image

A word or phrase representing that which can be seen, touched, tasted, smelled, or felt; imagery is the use of images in speech and writing.

indirect quotation

A rendering of a quotation in which actual works are not stated but only approximated or paraphrased.

inductive reasoning

A method of reasoning in which a number of specific facts or examples are used to make a generalization. Its opposite is deductive reasoning.

inference

A conclusion or proposition arrived at by considering facts, observations, or some other specific data.

invective

A direct verbal assault; a denunciation; casting blame on someone or something.

irony

A mode of expression in which the intended meaning is the opposite of what is stated, often implying ridicule or light sarcasm; a state of affairs or events that is the reverse of what might have been expected.

kenning

A device employed in Anglo-Saxon poetry in which the name of a thing is replaced by one of its functions or qualities, as in “ring-giver” for king and “whale-road” for ocean.

lampoon

A mocking, satirical assault on a person or situation.

litotes

A form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis or intensity. Example: He is not a bad dancer.

loose sentence

A sentence that follows the customary word order of English sentences, i.e., subject-verb-object. The main idea of the sentence is presented first and is then followed by one or more subordinate clauses. See also periodic sentence.

lyrical prose

Personal, reflective prose that reveals the speaker’s thoughts and feelings about the subject.

malapropism

A confused use of words in which the appropriate word is replaced by one with a similar sound but inappropriate meaning.

maxim

A saying or proverb expressing common wisdom or truth. See also adage and aphorism.

melodrama

A literary form in which events are exaggerated in order to create an extreme emotional response