Rhetorical Devices that were presented on the 2014-2015 AP test
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| 4887616564 | allusion | A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art. | 0 | |
| 4887616567 | anaphora | repetition of word or words beginning a series of parallel syntactical units ("this sceptered isle, ... this blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England") | 1 | |
| 4887616571 | apostrophe | direct address of an abstraction (" O time!", "Death, be not proud!") | 2 | |
| 4887616573 | chiasmus | two or more clauses are balanced against each other by the reversal of their structures in order to produce an artistic effect. "Criss--cross" structures | 3 | |
| 4887616579 | epistrophe | repetition of words or words at the end of a series of parallel syntactical units ("... and that gov of the people, by the people, for the people") | 4 | |
| 4887616584 | hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor | 5 | |
| 4887616590 | parallelism (parallel structure) | Phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other | 6 | |
| 4887616595 | polysyndenton | the addition of conjunctions to achieve a specific effect, use "and", "or", "but", and "nor". | 7 | |
| 4887619703 | repetition | Repeating a word or phrase to emphasize an idea or appeal to the audience's emotions or logic | 8 | |
| 4887621120 | antithesis | literal meaing opposite, two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect | 9 | |
| 4887622418 | asyndeton/parataxis | phrases and clauses are placed one after another independently without coordinating/subordinating them through the use of conjunctions , sometimes used as a asyndeton in which the phrases and clauses are coordinated without conjunctions | 10 | |
| 4887624597 | double epithet | two words of identical or almost identical meaning joined by a conjunction | 11 | |
| 4887625086 | transposition | rearrangement of normal word order for effect | 12 | |
| 4887626116 | connotation | double and triple-level suggestive power of words | 13 | |
| 4887626538 | anthimeria | using a word in a new grammatical form, usually a noun as a verb or vice versa ("I could use a good sleep") | 14 |
