AP Literature Rhetorical Devices Flashcards

6210935420	Diction	word choice	0
6210935421	Syntax	sentence and phrase structure	1
6210936021	Antithesis	balancing of contrasting ideas	2
6210937929	Polysyndeton	stringing a sentence together with conjunctions	3
6210939587	Parallelism	repetition of similar syntactical structure	4
6210940450	Point of view	narrative perspective (1st, 2nd, 3rd person)	5
6210941838	Apostrophe	addressing person/entity not present	6
6210942578	Analogy	the use of a similar or parallel example to reason or argue a point	7
6210943436	Colloquialism	informal diction; the use of informal words, phrases, or even slang in a piece of writing	8
6210944410	Anecdote	a brief narrative describing an interesting or amusing event	9
6210947078	Logos	an argument formed to address logical reasoning	10
6210947727	Ethos	an argument formed to address ethical reasoning	11
6210948371	Pathos	an argument formed to address emotional reasoning	12
6210949047	Argument	discourse characterized by reason advanced to support conclusions	13
6210949888	Context	the circumstances surrounding an issue or word that should be considered during the discussion of a given text	14
6210951502	Fallacy	an argument that uses poor reasoning	15
6210952323	Purpose	what a writer is trying to do/say with her use of language	16