AP Language: Rhetorical Devices Flashcards

7636561082	Allusion	An expression designed to call something to light without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference i.e. Achilles heel	0
7636561083	Ambiguity	A word or expression that can be understood in two or more possible ways	1
7636561084	Metonymy	The substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, for example suit for business executive, track for horse racing	2
7636561085	Zeugma	A word applies to two other words in different senses	3
7636561086	Wit	A quick remark, a natural sense in using words and ideas in a quick and inventive way to create humor	4
7636561087	Extended metaphor	A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem	5
7636561088	Apostrophe	Author detaches them self from reality and addresses an imaginary character, Thing, abstract idea; i.e. Twinkle twinkle little star... Like a diamond in the sky	6
7636561089	Ad Hominem	Responding to arguments by attacking a person's character, rather than addressing the content of the argument	7
7636561090	Synecdoche	A figure of speech in which a part is used for a whole or the whole for a part	8
7636561091	Syllogism	An argument with a reference to something general and from this it draws conclusions about something more specific; three parts: major premise, minor premise, and a conclusion	9
7636561092	Conceit	A figure of speech in which two vastly different objects are likened together with the help of similes or metaphors	10
7636561093	Litote	A figure of speech where a understatement is used to emphasize a point by stating a negative to further affirm a positive	11
7636561094	Periphrasis	The term for using many more words than needed to describe a situation or object	12
7636561095	Allegory	Complete narrative which involves characters and events that stand for an abstract idea or event; a symbol on the other hand is an object that stands for another object giving it a particular meaning	13
7636561096	Climax vs. Anticlimax	C: the most intense, exciting, or important point of something A: a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events	14
7636561097	Asyndeton	List or a series in which no conjunction is used at all, rather all items are separated by commas	15
7636561098	Polysyndeton	literary technique in which conjugations are used repeatedly in quick successions	16
7636561099	Polyptoton	The rhetorical repetition of words, but in different forms I.e. Irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired	17
7636561100	Anastrophe	Usual word order of a phrase or sentence is reversed I.e. Yoda	18
7636561101	Chiasmus	Figure of speech in which two or more clauses are related to each other through a reversal of structures in order to make a larger point	19
7636561102	Parataxis	The arranging of phrases and clauses without the use of coordinating conjunctions	20
7636561103	Parallelism	The use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose that correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning, etc.	21
7636561104	Loose Sentence	: the main point is at the beginning of the sentence and is easy to identify	22
7636561105	Periodic sentence	main point doesn't come until the end; used to create suspense	23
7636561106	Procatalepsis	A figure of speech in which the speaker raises an objection to his/her own argument and then answers it immediately	24
7636561107	Antithesis	A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else	25
7636561108	Epistrophe	The repetition of a word at the end of successive sentences or clauses	26
7636561109	Anaphora	the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.	27
7636561110	Aphorism(epigram)	A short phrase that expresses a true or wise idea	28
7636561111	Analogy	A comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification	29
7636561112	Trope	Literary device	30
7636561113	Schemes	Syntax	31