Rhetoric Devices AP Language Flashcards

5049786982	Hyperbole	Definition: Exaggerating some part of your statement in order to give it emphasis or focus.	0
5049796122	Hyperbole	Ex. I am trying to solve a million problems today.	1
5049808165	Understatement	Definition: The force of a descriptive statement is less than what would normally expect.	2
5049811281	Understatement	Ex. Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet describes his death wound as "a scratch, a scratch." To the uninitiated, neurophysiology can be a bit of a challenge.	3
5049821047	Litotes	Definition: Understatement that uses negatives.	4
5049824746	Litotes	Ex. It's not the smartest idea I've ever heard.	5
5049834188	Cliche	Definition: An overused expression An annoying idiom	6
5049841161	Cliche	Ex. Only time will tell.	7
5049900417	Idiom	Definition: Set expressions or phrase whose figurative meaning is different from its literal meaning	8
5049905958	Idiom	Ex. It's raining cats and dogs.	9
5049916281	Paradox	Definition: Rhetorical device made up of two opposite things that seem impossible, but is actually partially true or possible.	10
5049929691	Paradox	Ex. The closer we are to danger, the farther we are from harm.	11
5049935192	Oxymoron	Definition: Joining two opposite ideas back to back or spaced out	12
5049942936	Oxymoron	Ex. Deafening silence filled the room.	13
5049944996	Metaphor	Definition: Speaks of one thing as though it were another without the use of like or as	14
5049962081	Metaphor	Ex. All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances.	15
5049967023	Simile	Definition: A figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things. Uses like or as.	16
5049978184	Simile	Ex. I would have given anything for the power to soothe her frail soul, tormenting itself in its invincible ignorance like a small bird beating about the cruel wires of a cage.	17
5050092322	Analogy	Definition: A comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it. It aims at explaining that idea or thing by comparing it to something that is familiar.	18
5050095019	Analogy	Ex. When an enemy comes to you in pain, you must do whatever is in your power to help ease that pain. For when a child comes to you in pain, do you not do everything you can?	19
5050101521	Apostrophe	Definition: Breaks the flow of writing to address a person, object or abstraction	20
5050107913	Apostrophe	Ex. "Oh! Stars and clouds and winds, ye are all about to mock me; if ye really pity me, crush sensation and memory."	21
5050118309	Personification	Definition: Giving human attributes to an inanimate object or idea	22
5050121462	Personification	Ex. The grass is green and neatly cut, and the buildings cast a watchful eye over the clean, quiet campus.	23
5050131398	Metonymy	Definition: Refers to things closely related to something that they can serve as a symbol for it	24
5050133581	Metonymy	Ex. The Oval Office was busy in work.	25
5050142701	Synechdote	Definition: Uses part to refer to whole idea	26
5050145540	Synechdote	Ex. All hands on deck!	27
5050157066	Juxtaposition	Definition: Placing two or more ideas/things/people side by side for comparison and contrast	28
5050160251	Juxtaposition	Ex. "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."	29
5050287090	Antithesis	Definition: Makes a contrast in language to bring about a contrast in ideas.	30
5050290216	Antithesis	Ex. "We are caught in war, wanting peace. We are torn by division, wanting unity."	31
5050302722	Euphemism	Definition: Polite, indirect expressions which replace words and phrases considered harsh and impolite or which suggest something unpleasant.	32
5050305281	Euphemism	Ex. He passed away at home surrounded by his family.	33
5050316688	Allusion	Definition: Reference to a well-known event, place, or person	34
5050320981	Allusion	Ex. This new war is Vietnam all over again.	35
5050339325	Eponym	Definition: Referring to a specific famous person to link his or her attributes with someone else.	36
5050342892	Eponym	Ex. A modern-day Moses, he led his nation to a new beginning.	37