AP Language Rhetorical Vocab #2 Flashcards

4798557780	Anaphora	A rhetorical figure of repetition in which the same word or phrase is repeated in (and usually at the beginning of) successive lines, clauses, or sentences.	0
4798567167	Anastrophe	the inversion of the usual order of words or clauses.	1
4798568767	Antithesis	A balancing of two opposite or contrasting words, phrases, or clauses.	2
4798569919	Assonance	Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity	3
4798571145	Asyndeton	the omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence.	4
4798574095	Chiasmus	A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed ("Susan walked in, and out rushed Mary.")	5
4798575811	Consonance	Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity.	6
4798577239	Metaphor	A comparison that establishes a figurative identity between objects being compared.	7
4798579080	Polysyndeton	The use of consecutive coordinating conjunctions even when they are not needed. The effect is to render the reader somewhat breathless. He was overwhelmed, as is by a tsunami, and by the fishes, and by the seaweed, and by the salt spray from the heavens.	8
4798580911	Paradox	A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.	9
4798582108	Tricolon	Sentence consisting of three parts of equal importance and length, usually three independent clauses.	10