AP Language Rhetorical Devices Flashcards
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| 14514800834 | Hyperbole | Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. | 0 | |
| 14514801515 | Understatement | the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. | 1 | |
| 14514802234 | Litotes | A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite | 2 | |
| 14514802235 | Antithesis | the presentation of two contrasting images Ex. | 3 | |
| 14514803809 | Hypophora | Consists of raising one or more questions and then proceeding to answer them, usually at some length. | 4 | |
| 14514804554 | Rhetorical Question | A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer | 5 | |
| 14514805644 | Procatelpsis | 6 | ||
| 14514806553 | Distincto | 7 | ||
| 14514806554 | Simile | A comparison of two unlike things using like or as | 8 | |
| 14514807185 | Metaphor | A comparison without using like or as | 9 | |
| 14514807186 | Analogy | A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way | 10 | |
| 14514807817 | Allusion | A reference to another work of literature, person, or event | 11 | |
| 14514808357 | Eponym | 12 | ||
| 14514808847 | Sententia | 13 | ||
| 14514808848 | Exemplum | 14 | ||
| 14514809681 | Climax | the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex. | 15 | |
| 14514810966 | Parallelism/Chiasmus | 16 | ||
| 14514812560 | Anadiplosis/Conduplicatio | When words are repeated at the end of a statement and then again at the beginning of the following statement | 17 | |
| 14514813712 | Metabasis | A brief statement of what has been said and what will follow | 18 | |
| 14514814201 | Parenthesis | An insertion of material that interrupts the typical flow of a sentence. | 19 | |
| 14514814202 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. | 20 | |
| 14514815247 | Enumeratio | 21 | ||
| 14514815662 | Antanagoge | places a criticism and compliment together to lessen the impact | 22 | |
| 14514816944 | Epithet | A descriptive name or phrase used to characterize someone or something | 23 | |
| 14514818967 | Asyndeton/Polysyndeton | A rhetorical term for a writing style that omits conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses (the opposite of polysyndeton). | 24 | |
| 14514819589 | Zeugma | use of two different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous, meanings | 25 | |
| 14514820519 | Synecdoche | 26 | ||
| 14514821156 | Hyperbaton | separation of words which belong together, often to emphasize the first of the separated words or to create a certain image. | 27 | |
| 14514821157 | Aporia | Expression of doubt (often feigned) by which a speaker appears uncertain as to what he should think, say, or do. | 28 | |
| 14514823707 | Anaphora/Epistrophe/Symploce | 29 | ||
| 14514825074 | Amplification | involves repeating a word or expression while adding more detail to it, in order to emphasize what might otherwise be passed over | 30 | |
| 14514825075 | Personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | 31 | |
| 14514825633 | Parataxis | The placing of clauses or phrases one after another, without words to indicate coordination or subordination, as in Tell me, how are you | 32 |
