AP Rhetorical Devices 1 Flashcards

5406891847	hyperbole	exaggerating some part of your statement in order to give it emphasis or focus	0
5406897548	understatement	when the force of a descriptive statement is less than what one would normally expect	1
5406911112	litotes	to emphasize a point by using a word opposite to the condition	2
5406920016	antithesis	to make use of a contrast in language to bring out a contrast in ideas	3
5406927266	hypophora	the technique of asking a question, then proceeding to answer it	4
5406934945	rhetorical question	a question in which the answer is merely implied	5
5776866084	procatalepsis	the strategy of anticipating readers' concerns and directly addressing their objections.	6
5776877143	distinctio	writer elaborates on the definition of a word so that there is no misunderstanding	7
5776883644	simile	device in which the writer compares two things using like or as	8
5776887741	metaphor	compares two things like a simile, but speaks of one thing as if it were another	9
5776891760	analogy	a comparison that makes use of something already well known to explain something less well known	10
7696056338	dead metaphor	an expression that once had figurative value but is now accepted as literal truth.	11