Rhetorical Devices Set 3 AP Language Flashcards

9607339015	Epistrophe	repetition of a word or expression at the end of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses especially for rhetorical or poetic effect	0
9607346534	Epistrophe Example	Lincoln's "of the people, by the people, for the people	1
9607355120	Polysyndeton	using conjunctions to emphasize rhythm, and therefore emphasize a certain point	2
9607361916	Polysyndeton Example	In years gone by, there were in every community men and women who spoke the language of duty and morality and loyalty and obligation	3
9607368066	Paralipsis	pretending to omit something by drawing attention to it	4
9607378943	Paralipsis Example	A politician saying: "I will not even mention the fact that my opponent was a poor student."	5
9607390860	Euphemism	a substitution of a more pleasant expression for one whose meaning may come across as rude or offensive	6
9607398168	Euphemism Example	He passed away, rather than, He died	7
9607405318	Asyndeton	the absence of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words	8
9607413959	Asyndeton Example	Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils,/ Shrunk to this little measure?	9
9607432472	Anaphora	repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses or lines	10
9607439823	Anaphora Example	Mad world! Mad kings! Mad composition!	11
9607444134	Chiasmus	Figure of speech by which the order of the terms in the first of parallel clauses is reversed in the second.	12
9607453827	Chiasmus Example	"Has the Church failed mankind, or has mankind failed the Church?"	13