AP Language Rhetorical Terms Flashcards
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| 7247895231 | allegory | symbolic fictional narrative that conveys a second meaning (Animal Farm) | 0 | |
| 7247899056 | allusion | reference to a biblical, mythological or historical person, place, thing, or idea | 1 | |
| 7247903734 | analogy | comparison of a familiar and unfamiliar thing | 2 | |
| 7247906752 | antithesis | contrasting words, phrases, etc. | 3 | |
| 7247909398 | aphorism | brief statement of truth | 4 | |
| 7247911868 | catharsis | moral or spiritual cleansing | 5 | |
| 7247912969 | apostrophe | statement addressing an absent person or abstract quality as though present | 6 | |
| 7247918151 | epigram | short, witty poem expressing an observation | 7 | |
| 7247921187 | litotes | substituting words (not bad instead of good) | 8 | |
| 7247925924 | metonymy | substituting one word for another which suggests the word; using synonyms for the word to add flavor to the text | 9 | |
| 7247930491 | parable | short story to teach moral or religious lesson | 10 | |
| 7247933333 | synecdoche | part of something represents the whole and vice versa | 11 | |
| 7247935495 | synesthesia | similar to the disorder; senses normally not associated with each other are used in unison (blind ears, hungry eyes) | 12 |