AP Language Rhetoric Set 1 Flashcards

10375362204	Ad Hominem	In an argument, this is an attack on the person rather than on the opponent's ideas. It comes from the Latin meaning "against the man."	0
10375362205	Adage	a familiar proverb or wise saying	1
10375362206	Allegory	an extended narrative in prose or verse in which characters, events, and settings represent abstract qualities and in which the writer intends a second meaning to be read beneath the surface of the story; the underlying meaning may be moral, religious, political, social, or satiric.	2
10375362207	Alliteration	the repetition of initial sounds in successive or neighboring words	3
10375362208	Allusion	a reference to something literary, mythological, or historical	4
10375362209	Analogy	a comparison of two different things that are similar in some way	5
10375362210	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.	6
10375362211	Anecdote	a brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event	7
10375362212	Antecedent	the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers	8
10375362213	Antithesis	the presentation of two contrasting images. The ideas are balanced by word, phrase, clause, or paragraphs. Examples: "To be or not to be..." Shakespeare's Hamlet "	9
10375362214	Aphorism	a short, often witty statement of a principle or a truth about life. Examples: "Early bird gets the worm." "	10
10375362215	Apostrophe	usually in poetry but sometimes in prose; the device of calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person or to a place, thing, or personified abstraction	11
10375362216	Asyndeton	Commas used (with no conjunction) 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 the sentence.	12
10375362217	Caricature	descriptive writing that greatly exaggerates a specific feature of a person's appearance or a facet of personality.	13
10375362218	Chiasmus	a statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed	14
10375362219	Colloquialism	informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing	15
10375362220	Conceit	a fanciful, particularly clever extended metaphor	16
10375362221	Connotation	implied or suggested meaning of a word because of its association in the reader's mind.	17
10375362222	Denotation	literal meaning of a word as defined	18
10375362223	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. An essay written in academic ______ would be much less colorful, but perhaps more precise than street slang.	19