AP Language Rhetorical Devices Flashcards

5424237917	Alliteration	Repetition of the same sound beginning several words or syllables in a sequence - Let us go forth to lead the land we love	0
5424241242	Allusion	Brief reference to a person, event, place, or to a work of art - God all mighty...	1
5424244299	Anaphora	Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines - ...not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need -- not as a call to battle, though embattled we are...	2
5424255606	antimetabole	Repetition of words in reverse order - Ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what you can do for your country	3
5424258500	Antithesis	Opposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a parallel construction - We shall... support any friend, oppose any foe...	4
5424262048	Archaic diction	Old fashioned or outdated choice of words - beliefs for which our forebears fought	5
5424266424	Asyndeton	Omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words - We shall pay any price, bear and burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival...	6
5424273456	Cumulative sentence	Sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and adds on	7
5424277064	Hortative sentence	Sentence that exhorts, urges, entreats, implores, or calls to actions - Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us.	8
5424281965	Imperative sentence	Sentence used to command or enjoin - Ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man	9
5424284870	Inversion	Inverted order of words in a sentence - united there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. Divided there is little we can do...	10
5424287433	Juxtaposition	Placement of two things closely together to emphasize similarities or differences	11
5424291887	Metaphor	Figure of speech that compares two things without using like or as -And if a beachhead of cooperation may push back the jungle of suspicion	12
5424295904	Oxymoron	Paradoxical juxtaposition of words that seem to contradict on another -but this peaceful revolution	13
5424299839	Parallelism	Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses - Let both sides explore, let both sides, for the first time... let both sides seek to invoke... let both sides unite to head	14
5424305845	Periodic Sentence	Sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end	15
5424308324	Personification	Attribution of a lifelike quality to an inanimate object or an idea -with history the final judge of our deeds	16
5424311644	Rhetorical question	figure of speech in the form of a question posed for the rhetorical effect rather than for the purpose of getting an answer -will you join in that history effort?	17
5424315235	Synedoche	Figure of speech that uses a part to represent the whole - in your hands, my fellow citizens, more than mine, will rest the final success or failure of our course	18
5424321746	Zeugma	Use of two different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous, meanings. - Now the trumpet summons us again -- not to bear arms, though arms we need -- not as a call to battle, though embattled we are -- but a call to bear the burden...	19
5424329471	Litote	Emphasizes its point by using a word opposite to the condition - A cup of coffee would not be unwelcome	20
5424337166	Hypophora	Asking a question, then proceeding to answer it. - How do we know this to be true? We have observed it in the lab.	21
5424346391	Procatalepsis	relative of hypophora, however it deals specifically with objections, and does so without asking a question - Some people, even in this era of modern thought, believe that UFOs are visiting our planet every day, but without tangible evidence, mere belief is not proof.	22
5424384154	Distinctio	Rhetorical form in which the writer elaborates on the definition of a word, to make sure there is no misunderstanding - Communism, by which i mean the socialist communalism which comes after the centralized state, has et to be tried anywhere in the real world.	23
5424393707	Similie	Comparing two things use like or as -The sun peered, like a curios child, over the top of the mountain	24
5424415805	Analogy	Compare two things, one being explained by something else that is well known - As the endless waves wash eternally upon the shore, so does true love overwhelm the soul. - life is like a race	25
5424439256	Sententia	A quotation, maxim, or wise saying -As often said, a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush	26
5428076173	Exemplum	Providing the reader with an example to illustrate your point -The U.S Government gives its citizens freedom; one illustration of this is that we have the right to criticize our leaders.	27
5428094618	Eponym	Similar to allusion, referring to a specific famous person to link his or her attributes with someone else - A modern day Moses, he led his nation to a new beginning - The senator, with his patience of Job, endured setback after setback, until his time finally came	28