AP Language Rhetorical Devices Flashcards
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| 6289546230 | expletive | Indeed; in fact | 0 | |
| 6289546231 | parallelism | I came. I saw. I conquered. | 1 | |
| 6289546232 | antithesis | That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. Give me liberty or give me death. | 2 | |
| 6289546233 | anaphora | To think on death it is a misery, / To think on life it is a vanity; / To think on the world verily it is, / To think that here man hath no perfect bliss. -Peacham | 3 | |
| 6289546234 | hypophora | But it is certainly possible to ask, How hot is the oven at its hottest point, when the *average* temperature is 425 degrees? We learned that the peak temperatures approached... | 4 | |
| 6289546235 | metonymy | The orders came directly from the White House. The checkered flag waved and victory crossed the finish line. | 5 | |
| 6289546236 | apostrophe | "O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?" | 6 | |
| 6289546237 | alliteration | Done well, alliteration is a satisfying sensation. | 7 | |
| 6289546238 | chiasmus | He labors without complaining and without bragging rests | 8 | |
| 6289546239 | allusion | If you take his parking place, you can expect WWII all over again. Plan ahead: it wasn't raining when Noah built the ark. | 9 | |
| 6289546240 | synedoche | If I had some wheels, I'd put on my best threads and ask for Jane's hand in marriage. | 10 | |
| 6289546241 | epithet | "Richard the Lion-Hearted" for Richard I "Man's best friend" for a dog | 11 | |
| 6289546242 | hyperbole | There are a thousand reasons why more research is needed on solar energy | 12 | |
| 6289546243 | oxymoron | The cost-saving program became an expensive endeavor. A wise-fool. | 13 | |
| 6289546244 | understatement | The 1906 San Francisco earthquake interrupted business somewhat in the downtown area. | 14 |