AP American Literature Semester 2 Vocabulary

rhetorical terms for dally's class

177724540	Syntax	grammatical organization of words in a sentence
177724541	Synthesis	combining parts into a whole
177724542	Theme	unifying idea that is recurrent through a literary work
177724543	understatement	opposite of exaggeration
177724544	cacophony	displeasing sound
177724545	imagery	ability to form mental images
177724546	inference	reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion based on evidence
177724547	irony	what might be expected and what actually happens
177724548	symploce	repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and at the end of successive clauses
177724549	symbol	something visible that represents something else
177724550	syllogism	deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises
177724551	balance	be in equilibrium
177724552	rhetorical question	a question not meant to have a n answer
177724553	reductio ad absurdum	disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd
177724554	procatalepsis	anticipating an objection and answering it
177724555	polysyndeton	using several conjunctions in close succession
177724556	personification	giving human qualities to an object
177724557	pathos	ejecting pity or sorrow from the audience
177724558	parody	mocking of an original work
177724559	parataxis	writing successive independent clauses with coordination conjunctions or no conjunctions
177724560	parallelism	repetition of similar grammatical patterns
177724561	parable	a story that teaches a lesson
177724562	oxymornon	conjoining contradictory terms
177724563	onomatopoeia	repetition of sounds
177724564	motif	design that consists of recurring shapes or colors
177724565	metonymy	substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself
177724566	hypophora	raising a question then proceeding to answer it
177724567	hyperbole	extreme exaggeration
177724568	hyperbaton	arrangement of words in an unusual order
177724569	exemplum	example, model
177724570	euphony	any agreeable sound
177724571	euphemism	inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive
177724572	eponym	name derived from the name of a person (EX:city of Alexandria)
177724573	epithet	defamatory or abusive word or phrase
177724574	allegory	expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
177724575	ad hominem	attack on a person rather than the subject
177724576	abstract	concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
177724577	argument	fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
177724578	apostrophe	address to an absent or imaginary person
177724579	aporia	expression of doubt by which a speaker appears uncertain as to what he should think
177724580	antithesis	a statement in which two opposing ideas are balanced
177724581	antecedent	a preceding occurrence or cause or event
177724582	antanagoge	placing a good point or benefit next to a fault, criticism, or problem, in order to reduce the impact or significance of the negative point
177724583	anecdote	short account of an incident
177724584	anaphora	repetition of a word or phrase as the beginning of a successive clauses
177724585	logical fallacy	a mistake in reasoning
177724586	setting	where the story takes place
177724587	attitude	position or arrangement of the body and its limbs
177724588	asyndeton	construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions
177724589	sententia	opinion
177724590	sarcasm/satire	witty language used to convey insults or scorn
177724591	analogy	drawing comparisons in order to show a similar in some respect
177724592	anadipolsis	repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next
177724593	amplification	clarifying detail
177724594	allusion	reference or indirect mention
177724595	alliteration	repetition of sounds of the beginning of consecutive words
177724596	epistrophe	repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences or verses
177724597	epigraph	quote at the beginning of a sentence
177724598	enumeration	act of counting
177724599	distinctio	explicit reference to a particular meaning of a word
177724600	didactic	instructive
177724601	diction	word choice
177724602	denotation	most specific meaning of a word or expression
177724603	connotation	idea that is implied or suggested
177724604	conflict	hostile meeting of opposing forces
177724605	conduplicato	repetition of key words in a sentence
177724606	allegory	expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe a subject by suggestive resemblances
177724607	colloquial	common language
177724608	climax	decisive moment in a novel or play
177724609	induction	using detailed facts to make general principles
177724610	litotes	understatement for rhetorical effect
177724611	chiasmus	inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
177724612	zeugma	use of a word to govern two or more words though it is only appropriate to one noun
177724613	metabasis	brief summary of what has been said and what will follow
177724614	synecdoche	substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one