AP Language Rhetorical Terms: List 3 Flashcards

9652143834	abstract	Words or phrases denoting ideas, qualities, and conditions that exist but cannot be seen--opposite of these types terms are concrete terms	0
9652143835	ad populem argument	A fallacious argument that appeals to the passions and prejudices of a group rather than its reason. An example is using the phrase "It's the American Way"	1
9652143836	allegory	The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. This type of meaning usually deals with moral truth or generalization about human existence.	2
9652143837	anaphora	The repetition of a group of words at the beginning of successive clauses.	3
9652143838	aphorism	A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle. Can be a memorable summation of the author's point.	4
9652143839	apostrophe	A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction--may add familiarity or emotional intensity.	5
9652143840	attitude	A writer's intellectual position or emotion regarding the subject of the writing.	6
9652143841	audience	The group for whom a work is intended.	7
9652143842	claim	The ultimate conclusion, generalization, or point, backed up by support, of an argument.	8
9652143843	cliché	A stale image or expression, and the bane of good expository writing.	9
9652143844	comparison/contrast	A rhetorical mode used to develop essays that systematically match two items for similarities and differences	10
9652143845	complex sentence	A sentence with one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.	11
9652143846	concrete	Said of words or terms denoting objects or condition that are palpable, visible, or evident to the senses---opposite of abstract.	12
9652143847	evidence	The logical bases or supports for an assertion or idea.	13
9652143848	genre	The major category into which a literary work fits--the basic divisions of literature are prose, poetry, and drama.	14
9652143849	inversion	The reversal of the normal order of words in a sentence to achieve some desired effect, usually emphasis.	15
9652143850	loose sentence	A type of sentence in which the main idea comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses. A work containing many of these often seems informal, relaxed, and conversational.	16
9652143851	metonymy	A figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it.	17
9652143852	periodic sentence	A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. This independent clause is preceded by a phrase or clause that cannot stand alone.	18
9652143853	process analysis	A type of development in writing that stresses how a sequence of steps produces a certain effect.	19
9652143854	rhetorical question	A question posed with no expectation of receiving an answer. Used in public speaking to launch or further discussion.	20
9652143855	synecdoche	A part of something used to refer to the whole.	21
9652143856	syntax	The order of words in a sentence and their relationships to each other.	22
9652143857	transition	Words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs that indicate connections between the writer's ideas.	23
9652143858	unity	The characteristic of having all parts contribute to the overall effect.	24