AP English III Rhetorical Terms Part III

	the act or instance of placing two or more things side by side
	a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things and so changes our apprehension of either or both
	the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it
	effect of literary piece on the reader
	something that does not follow what preceded it; non-sequential
	the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it
	a statement or conclusion that is perhaps true, but too non-specific to be meaningful
	a combination of contradictory or incongruous words
	a statement that seems absurd or self-contradictory, but which turns out to have an acceptable and often profound meaning
	parallelism
	parallel sentence elements regularly appear in lists or in a series, in compound structures, in comparisons using than or as, and in contrasted elements
	a work that closely imitates the style or content of another with specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule
	an adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish
	if your main point is at the end of a long sentence, you are writing a periodic sentence
	a figure of speech in which human characteristics are assigned to non-human things/inanimate objects
	the vantage point from which a story or argument is told or made
	sentences and paragraphs
	a play on words which are identical or similar in sound but which have sharply divers meanings
	words or phrases that limit the force of an author's claim
	circular logic; tautological reasoning; "begging the question"
	the duplication of words, phrases, sounds...
	the art of speaking or writing effectively; all of the means at a writer or speaker's disposal for writing or speaking effectively
	the diction, syntax, figurative language, detail or other formal features of writing by which a writer creates his or her meaning and effect
	exposition, argumentation, description, and narration