AP Lit Rhetorical Devices

105864369	Allegory	The use of character and/or story elements to represent a larger idea (hope, freedom)
105864370	Alliteration	Repetition of initial consonant sound
105864371	Allusion	Reference to another work
105864372	Ambiguity	Multiple meanings
105864373	Anadiplosis	Repeating the last word of a phrase or clause
105864374	Analogy	Similarity between two things, sometimes used to explain stuff
105864375	Anaphora	Repeating the first word of a phrase or clause
105864376	Antithesis	Establishes the contrasting nature of two ideas by juxtaposing them
105864377	Aphorism	A statement of known authorship that says something considered to be "common knowledge"
105864378	Apostrophe	An interruption of a speech to address an inanimate object (fate, liberty, love)
105864379	Archetype	A basic form of a type of story or character
105864380	Aside	Words spoken only to the audience or to a few characters while others are onstage
105864381	Assonance	Repetition of similar vowel sounds in successive words (not sentences)
105864382	Asyndeton	Omitting conjunctions between words
105864383	Bildungsroman	A coming of age story
105864384	Caricature	Exaggeration of physical features as a form of parody
105864385	Carpe Diem	Sieze the day - a realization that life is short and we have to make the most of it
105864386	Catharsis	Purification of emotions
105864387	Catachresis	An exaggerated metaphor using words in an unusual way
105864388	Cataloguing	Listing entities to show progression
105864389	Chiasmus	Parallel structure in which the second part is in reverse order (learned unwillingly, gladly forgotten)
105864390	Cliché	An old, tired, worn out, idea or expression
105864391	Colloquial	The use of slang or informalities in writing
105864392	Comedy	A work that amuses the audience and ends happily
105864393	Connotation	Non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the suggested meaning
105864394	Consonance	Correspondence of sounds in words or syllables, can be found anywhere in the word
105866582	Denotation	The strict, literal definition of a word
105866583	Diatribe	A forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or some institution
105866584	Didactic Literature	Literature designed to teach a moral
105866585	Diction	The writer's word choice and style
105866586	Ellipsis	The omission of one or more words that the reader can fill in
105866587	Epanalepsis	The same word or phrase starts and ends a phrase or sentence
105866588	Epistrophe	Repetition of the last part of a sentence or part of a sentence. "Of the people, by the people, for the people"
105866589	Epithet	An adjective that qualifies a noun. "sneering contempt"
105866590	Eponym	Using an name of a famous person to describe an attribute. "The man is a regular Einstein"
105866591	Euphemism	A word used to avoid saying another word
105866592	Figurative language	Language not intended to carry literal meaning
105866593	Figure of speech	A device used to produce figurative language
105866594	Hyperbole	Exaggeration to make a point
105866595	Invective	Harsh denunciation of a person
105866596	Irony	The contrast between what is stated and what is meant, 3 types: Verbal, Situational, Dramatic
105866597	Isocolon	The same gramatical form is repeated multiple times, "I came, I saw, I conquered."
105866598	Litotes	Understatement used to make a point
105866599	Loose Sentence	Independent clause first, followed by dependent clauses. Thus, can end early.
106019997	Metaphor	Figure of speech comparing two seemingly unlike things
106019998	Motif	A theme repeated throughout a work
106019999	Onomatopoeia	Imitating natural sounds in the form of words
106020000	Oxymoron	A paradox (usually) reduced to two words; used to show complexities
106020001	Paean	A song of praise or triumph. Does not literally have to be a song.
106020002	Parable	A brief and simple story that illustrates a moral or religious lesson
106020003	Paradox	A statement or expression that is self contradictory; used to provoke the reader into seeing things from another point of view
106020004	Pathetic Fallacy	The writer treats inanimate or nonhuman objects as if they had human feelings (cruel winds, dancing flowers)
106020005	Pedantic	An overly scholarly tone
106020006	Periodic Sentence	A sentence in which the meaning is not completed until the end, usually because the independent clause is at the end.
106020007	Polysyndeton	Adding additional conjunctions to make an effect of a very long list.
106020008	Rhyme	The repetition of a similar sound in a work.
106020009	Satire	Targeting human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule
106020010	Sibilance	Consonant sounds that make a "hissing" sound
106020011	Simile	A comparison using "like" or "as"
106020012	Soliloquy	A speech given alone on the stage that expresses the private, inner thoughts of the character
106020013	Synecdoche	A figure of speech in which the part is used to represent the whole, or occasionally, vice versa. "The White House said..."