AP Language and Composition - Summer Rhetorical Devices Flashcards
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| 6624804346 | rhetoric | the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques. | 0 | |
| 6624833327 | logos | a literary device that can be defined as a statement, sentence or argument used to convince or persuade the targeted audience by employing reason or logic | 1 | |
| 6624842574 | pathos | a method of convincing people with an argument drawn out through an emotional response. | 2 | |
| 6624852141 | ethos | represents credibility or an ethical appeal which involves persuasion by the character involved; it convinces others of the credibility of the persuader | 3 | |
| 6624879865 | diction | the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing | 4 | |
| 6624881857 | syntax | the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed, intentional sentences in a language | 5 | |
| 6624898471 | tone | an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience; is generally conveyed through the choice of words or the viewpoint of a writer on a particular subject | 6 | |
| 6624932355 | connotation | a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly, usually through cultural and emotional associations | 7 | |
| 6624980326 | inversion | a literary technique in which the normal order of words is reversed in order to achieve a particular effect of emphasis | 8 | |
| 6624995580 | imagery | to use figurative language to represent objects, actions and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses | 9 | |
| 6625077082 | denotation | literal or dictionary meanings of a word | 10 | |
| 6625079457 | parallelism | the use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning or meter | 11 | |
| 6625079458 | anaphora | the deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic or rhetorical effect | 12 | |
| 6625082653 | paradox | It is a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or silly but may include a latent truth | 13 | |
| 6625082654 | antithesis | a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect | 14 | |
| 6625086019 | juxtaposition | a literary technique in which two or more ideas, places, characters and their actions are placed side by side in a speech, narrative, or a poem | 15 | |
| 6625088230 | deductive reasoning | involves generalization at the initial stage and then moves on towards the specific case | 16 | |
| 6625088231 | inductive reasoning | a statement that is derived using facts and instances which lead to the formation of a general opinion | 17 | |
| 6625090722 | allusion | a word or phrase designed to call something to mind, without mentioning that thing explicitly | 18 | |
| 6625090723 | analogy | a comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it | 19 | |
| 6625214092 | allusion - example | "So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay." | 20 | |
| 6625219384 | antithesis - example | "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness" | 21 | |
| 6625256490 | paradox - example | "I must be cruel to be kind." | 22 | |
| 6625260941 | parallelism - example | Whether in class, at work or at home, Shasta was always busy | 23 | |
| 6625287776 | anaphora - example | "O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed. My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?" | 24 | |
| 6625296190 | imagery - example | "Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies; And full-grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bourn; Hedge-crickets sing; and now with treble soft The redbreast whistles from a garden-croft, And gathering swallows twitter in the skies." | 25 | |
| 6625312986 | juxtaposition - example | "O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiope's ear;" | 26 | |
| 6625387469 | inversion - example | "In love let's so persevere." | 27 | |
| 6625396040 | ethos - example | "John is a forensics and ballistics expert working for the federal government for many years - if anyone's qualified to determine the murder weapon, it's him." | 28 | |
| 6625414374 | pathos - example | "He had meant the best in the world, and been treated like a dog—like a very dog. She would be sorry someday—maybe when it was too late. Ah, if he could only die TEMPORARILY!" | 29 | |
| 6625416985 | logos - example | All men are mortal. Socrates is a man. Therefore, Socrates is mortal. | 30 |