AP Language Rhetorical Devices Flashcards

3506347689	Paradox	A statement that contradicts itself and makes you think it is not true	0
3506347690	Hyperbole	Exaggerate or emphasize a statement for effect	1
3506348915	Juxtaposition	An act or instance of placing close together or side by side	2
3506348916	Diction	The choice and use of words in speech and writing	3
3506350163	Assonance	2 or more words close together with repeating vowel sounds	4
3506350164	Verbal Irony	When someone says or writes one thing but means another, opposite of literal meaning	5
3506351508	Rhetorical Question	Question asked by author that is left without expecting an answer for emphasis on a point	6
3506351509	Asyndeton	Leave out conjunctions on purpose, but still maintain grammatical accuracy	7
3506352578	Analogy	Comparison of two things that are different with purpose of explaining or clarification	8
3506353870	Onomatopoeia	The spelling of the word reads the way the noise sounds	9
3506353871	Allusion	Brief sometimes indirect reference of a person place or thing in history or in the past, not in detail	10
3506355096	Personification	Giving inanimate objects human characteristics	11
3506356715	Anaphora	Deliberate repetition of the first part of a sentence	12
3506356716	Apostrophe	writer uses this to detach from reality and addresses imaginary characters in speech	13
3506358867	Situational Irony	Actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected.	14