AP Literature: Rhetoric Flashcards

Vocabulary terms relating to rhetoric

8154872508	antecedent	the word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun	0
8154872509	antithesis	the direct opposite, a sharp contrast	1
8154872510	Apostrophe	address to an absent or imaginary person	2
8154872511	Chiasmus	A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed	3
8154872512	Consonance	Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity.	4
8154872513	Diction	A writer's or speaker's choice of words	5
8154872514	Didactic	Intended to teach	6
8154872515	Distortion	An exaggeration or stretching of the truth to achieve a desired effect.	7
8154872516	Inversion	A sentence in which the verb precedes the subject.	8
8154872517	Oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.	9
8154872518	Parallelism	Phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other	10
8154872519	Pathos	Appeal to emotion	11
8154872520	periodic sentence	sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end	12
8154872521	Repetition	Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis	13
8154872522	rhetorical question	A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer	14
8154872523	shift	a change in tone or attitude; key words include "but," "however," "even though," "although," "yet"	15
8154872524	Tone	Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character	16