7236620594 | hyperbole | A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement. | 0 | |
7236623730 | pun | A play on words that wittily exploits a double meaning | 1 | |
7236633366 | allusion | A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art | 2 | |
7236634309 | anaphora | the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences | 3 | |
7236640949 | alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words | 4 | |
7236645930 | antithesis | A device used to create contrast by placing two parallel but opposite ideas in a sentence | 5 | |
7236648916 | ethos | The appeal of a text to the credibility and character of the speaker, writer, or narrator | 6 | |
7236650753 | pathos | appeal to emotion | 7 | |
7236651926 | logos | an appeal to logic, and is a way of persuading an audience by reason. | 8 | |
7236655339 | diction | word choice | 9 | |
7236656256 | ellipsis | in a sentence, the omission of a word or words replaced by three periods | 10 | |
7236668155 | personification | 11 |
AP English Language Rhetorical Devices Flashcards
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