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AP English Language Rhetorical Devices Flashcards

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7236620594hyperboleA figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement.0
7236623730punA play on words that wittily exploits a double meaning1
7236633366allusionA reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art2
7236634309anaphorathe repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences3
7236640949alliterationthe repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words4
7236645930antithesisA device used to create contrast by placing two parallel but opposite ideas in a sentence5
7236648916ethosThe appeal of a text to the credibility and character of the speaker, writer, or narrator6
7236650753pathosappeal to emotion7
7236651926logosan appeal to logic, and is a way of persuading an audience by reason.8
7236655339dictionword choice9
7236656256ellipsisin a sentence, the omission of a word or words replaced by three periods10
7236668155personification11

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