AP Language Rhetorical Terms 41-60 Flashcards

7093167211	Isocolon	a rhetorical device that involves a succession of sentences, phrases and clauses of grammatically equal length. It is the repetition of similar grammatical forms.	0
7093167212	Anastrophe	is a scheme that writers use which moves words out of the normal order that they would be commonly spoken in.	1
7093167213	Parenthesis	a pair of ( ) that are used to mark off an interjected explanatory or qualifying remark	2
7093167214	Apposition	A relationship between two or more words/phrases that when placed beside each other in a sentence describes or defines the other.	3
7093167215	Epistrophe	The repetition of a word(s) at the end of successive clauses or sentences.	4
7093167216	Epanalepsis	is a figure of speech defined by the repetition of the initial word (or words) of a clause or sentence at the end of that same clause or sentence.	5
7093167217	Climax	Words, phrases or clauses are arranged in a sentence in increasing importance	6
7093167218	Antimetabole	The repetition of a phrase in reverse order at the end of a sentence. Comes from Greek meaning "To turn about in the opposite direction."	7
7093167219	Polyptoton	is the repetition of a root word in a variety of ways.	8
7093167220	Antanaclasis	a rhetorical device in which a phrase or word is repeatedly used.	9
7093167221	Paranomasia	a phrase intentionally used to exploit the confusion between words having similar sounds but different meanings. It is like a word play and is also known as a pun.	10
7093167222	Syllepsis	a kind of ellipsis in which one word (usually a verb) is understood differently in relation to two or more other words, which it modifies or governs.	11
7093167223	Zeugma	a figure of speech in which a word, usually a verb or an adjective, applies to more than one noun, blending together grammatically and logically different ideas.	12
7093167224	Anthimeria	substitution of one part of speech for another	13
7093167225	Periphrasis	the use of indirect and circumlocutory speech or writing. an indirect and circumlocutory phrase. the use of separate words to express a grammatical relationship that is otherwise expressed by inflection, (e.g., did go as opposed to went and more intelligent as opposed to smarter)	14
7093167226	Apostrophe	when a character in a literary work speaks to an object, an idea, or someone who doesn't exist as if it is a living person.	15
7093167227	Cumulative sentence	A loose sentence that begins with a main clause that is followed by phrases that modify the main clause.	16
7093167228	Phrase	a group or words that express a concept and is used as a unit within a sentence.	17
7093167229	Motif	an object or idea that repeats itself throughout a literary art work; can be seen as an image, sound action or other figures that have a symbolic significance and contributes to the development of the theme	18
7093167230	Epigraph	a literary device in the form of a poem, quotation or sentence usually placed at the beginning of a document or a simple piece having a few sentences but which belongs to another writer.	19