AP Language: Rhetorical Devices Flashcards

3541540649	Allusion	An expression designed to call something to light without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference i.e. Achilles heel	0
3541540650	Ambiguity	A word or expression that can be understood in two or more possible ways	1
3541540651	Metonymy	The substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, for example suit for business executive, track for horse racing	2
3541540652	Zeugma	A word applies to two other words in different senses	3
3541540653	Wit	A quick remark, a natural sense in using words and ideas in a quick and inventive way to create humor	4
3541540654	Extended metaphor	A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem	5
3541540655	Apostrophe	Author detaches them self from reality and addresses an imaginary character, Thing, abstract idea; i.e. Twinkle twinkle little star... Like a diamond in the sky	6
3541540656	Ad Hominem	Responding to arguments by attacking a person's character, rather than addressing the content of the argument	7
3541540657	Synecdoche	A figure of speech in which a part is used for a whole or the whole for a part	8
3541540658	Syllogism	An argument with a reference to something general and from this it draws conclusions about something more specific; three parts: major premise, minor premise, and a conclusion	9
3541540659	Conceit	A figure of speech in which two vastly different objects are likened together with the help of similes or metaphors	10
3541540660	Litote	A figure of speech where a understatement is used to emphasize a point by stating a negative to further affirm a positive	11
3541540661	Periphrasis	The term for using many more words than needed to describe a situation or object	12
3541540662	Allegory	Complete narrative which involves characters and events that stand for an abstract idea or event; a symbol on the other hand is an object that stands for another object giving it a particular meaning	13
3541540663	Climax vs. Anticlimax	C: the most intense, exciting, or important point of something A: a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events	14
3541540664	Asyndeton	List or a series in which no conjunction is used at all, rather all items are separated by commas	15
3541543444	Polysyndeton	literary technique in which conjugations are used repeatedly in quick successions	16
3541540665	Polyptoton	The rhetorical repetition of words, but in different forms I.e. Irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired	17
3541540666	Anastrophe	Usual word order of a phrase or sentence is reversed I.e. Yoda	18
3541540667	Chiasmus	Figure of speech in which two or more clauses are related to each other through a reversal of structures in order to make a larger point	19
3541540668	Parataxis	The arranging of phrases and clauses without the use of coordinating conjunctions	20
3541540669	Parallelism	The use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose that correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning, etc.	21
3541540670	Loose Sentence	: the main point is at the beginning of the sentence and is easy to identify	22
3541540671	Periodic sentence	main point doesn't come until the end; used to create suspense	23
3541540672	Procatalepsis	A figure of speech in which the speaker raises an objection to his/her own argument and then answers it immediately	24
3541540673	Antithesis	A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else	25
3541540674	Epistrophe	The repetition of a word at the end of successive sentences or clauses	26
3541540675	Anaphora	The use of a word referring to or replacing another word used earlier in the sentence	27
3541558456	Aphorism(epigram)	A short phrase that expresses a true or wise idea	28
3541565533	Analogy	A comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification	29
3549393551	Trope	Literary device	30
3549393552	Schemes	Syntax	31