AP Language Rhetorical Analysis Flashcards

9713124793	Alliteration	Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are close to one another	0
9713131677	Allusion	A reference to a well known person, place, or thing from literature, history etc.	1
9713140214	Anadiplosis	Repetition of the last word or phrase in once clause at or very near the beginning of the following clause	2
9713152958	Analogy	Comparison of two similar but different things, usually to clarify an action or a relationship, such as comparing the work of a heart to that of a pump. A comparison to a directly parallel case.	3
9713170320	Anaphora	Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row. This is a deliberate form of repetition and helps make the writer's point more coherent.	4
9713192377	Anecdote	A short, simple narrative of an incident; often used for humorous effector to make a point	5
9713205569	Antithesis	The presentation of two contrasting ideas. The ideas are balanced by word, phrase, clause, or paragraphs.	6
9713219951	Apostrophe	Usually in poetry but sometimes in prose; the device of calling out an imaginary, dead, or absent person or to a place, thing, or personified abstraction.	7
9713236808	Asyndeton	Commas used to separate a series of words. The parts are emphasized equally when the conjunction is omitted; in addition, the use of commas with no intervening conjunction speeds up the flow of a sentence	8
9713259075	Chiasmus	Might be called "reverse parallelism" since the second part of a grammatical construction is balanced or paralleled by the first part, only in reverse order	9
9713274726	Connotation	Implied or suggested meaning of a word because of its association in the reader's mind	10
9713284562	Denotation	Literal meaning of a word as defined	11
9713295786	Diction	Word choice, an element of style; it creates tone, attitude, and style as well as meaning. Different types and arrangements of words have significant effects on meaning.	12
9713325416	Dissonance	Harsh or grating sounds that do not go together	13
9713335539	Ellipsis	The artful immersion of a word implied by a previous clause	14
9713341747	Hyperbole	Deliberate exaggeration in order to create humor or emphasis	15
9713348475	Idiom	A speech form or an expression of a given language that is peculiar to itself grammatically or cannot be understood from the individual meanings of its elements, as in keep tabs on	16
9713365697	Inversion	Reversing the customary order of elements in a sentence or phrase; it is used effectively in many cases, such as posing a question	17
9713409535	Juxtaposition	The placement of two things near eachother	18
9713416161	Litotes	A particular form of understatement, is generated by denying the opposite or contrary of the word which otherwise would be used	19
9713434933	Metonymy	A figure of speech that uses the name of an object, person, or idea to represent something with which it is assosciated	20
9713449609	Oxymoron	A figure of speech composed of contradictory words or phrases, such as "wise fool" "bitter sweet"	21
9713461365	Paradox	A statement that seems to contradict itself but that turns out to have a rational meaning	22
9713467895	Parallelism	The technique of arranging words, phrases, clauses, or larger structures by placing them side by side and making them similar in grammatical form	23
9713480052	Syntax	The grammatical structure of a sentence	24
9713484922	Understatement	The opposite of exaggeration. It is a technique for developing irony and/or humor where one writes or says less than intended	25
9713496179	Zeugma	When a grammatical construction changes the verb's initial meaning but is still grammatically correct	26
9713507056	Synecdoche	A figure of speech in which part of something is used to represent a whole	27
9713522785	Allegory	An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances. A story with two or more levels of meaning	28
9713529518	Colloquial	Characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation	29