AP Language Rhetorical Terms Flashcards
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| 10911318263 | Allusion | A reference to another work of literature, person, or event | 0 | |
| 10911318267 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement. | 1 | |
| 10911318269 | verbal irony | the words literally state the opposite of the writer's true meaning | 2 | |
| 10911318272 | Narration | An account of events as they happen | 3 | |
| 10911318273 | Oxymoron | a figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox | 4 | |
| 10911318276 | Parrallelism | The principle of coherent writing requiring that coordinating elements be given the same grammatical form | 5 | |
| 10911318278 | expository writing | writing that explains or analyzes | 6 | |
| 10911318279 | Argumentation | writing that attempts to prove the validity of a point of view or an idea by presenting reasoned arguments; persuasive writing is a form of argumentation | 7 | |
| 10911318286 | ad hominem argument | an argument attacking an individual's character rather than his or her position on an issue | 8 | |
| 10911318289 | Colloquialism | informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing | 9 | |
| 10911318290 | Connotation | the implied or associative meaning of a word | 10 | |
| 10911318291 | Euphemism | an inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive | 11 | |
| 10911318293 | logical fallacy | An error in reasoning that renders an argument invalid | 12 | |
| 10911318295 | Red Herring | A side issue introduced into an argument in order to distract from the main argument. | 13 | |
| 10911318296 | Satire | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies. | 14 | |
| 10911318299 | abstract | Words or phrases denoting ideas, qualities, and conditions that exist but cannot be seen | 15 | |
| 10911318300 | ad populem argument | a fallacious argument that appeals to the passions and prejudices of a group rather than its reason | 16 | |
| 10911318301 | Allegory | The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. | 17 | |
| 10911318302 | Anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | 18 | |
| 10911318304 | Apstrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. | 19 | |
| 10911318305 | Cliché | A stale image or expression, and the bane of good expository writing. | 20 | |
| 10911318306 | complex sentence | A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause | 21 | |
| 10911318307 | concrete | Said of words or terms denoting objects or conditions that are palpable, visible, or otherwise evident to the senses. | 22 | |
| 10911318308 | Inversion | the reversal of the normal word order in a sentence or phrase | 23 | |
| 10911318309 | loose sentence | A type of sentence in which the main idea comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses | 24 | |
| 10911318311 | periodic sentence | A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. | 25 | |
| 10911318314 | Syntax | the order of words in a sentence and their relationships to each other | 26 |