AP Language Rhetorical Terms Lists 51-71 Flashcards

10966650151	symbol	Anything that represents itself and stands for something else	0
10966650152	synecdoche	A type of metaphor in which the part stands for the whole or the whole for a part	1
10966650153	synecdoche	Ex. Farmer Joe has two hundred head of cattle , and three hired hands. If we had some wheels, I'd put on my best threads and ask for Jane's hand in marriage.	2
10966650154	syntax	The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences.	3
10966650155	theme	The central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life.	4
10966650156	thesis	A sentence that expresses the author's opinion, purpose, meaning, or position.	5
10966650157	tone	The writer/speaker's attitude toward his the text, the audience, or both.	6
10966650158	transition	A word or phrase that links different ideas.	7
10966650159	understatement	The ironic minimizing of fact	8
10966650160	wit	Intellectually amazing language that surprises and delights	9
10966650161	periodic sentence	A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end.	10
10966650162	periodic sentence	For example: "Ecstatic with my AP score, I let out a loud, joyful shout!"	11
10966650163	personification	A figure of speech in which the author gives concepts, animals, or inanimate objects human qualities or emotions.	12
10966650164	polysyndeton	The deliberate and excessive use of conjunctions in successive words or clauses.	13
10966650165	polysyndeton	Ex: "It's [football] a way of life, really, to those particular people who are a part of it. It's more than a game, and regardless of what level it's played upon, it still demands those attributes of courage and stamina and coordinated efficiency and goes even beyond that for [it] is a means - it provides a mental and physical relaxation to everybody that watches it, like yourself."	14
10966650166	prose	One of the major divisions of genre; refers to fiction and non-fiction	15
10966650167	rhetorical question	Differs from hypophora in that it is not answered by the writer because its answer is obvious or obviously desired, and usually just a yes or no answer would suffice.	16
10966650186	paradox	a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but is actually true and valid	17
10966650187	parallelism	comes from the Greek roots meaning "beside one another"; refers to the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity	18
10966650188	parallelism	Ex: "It was the best of times. It was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness..."	19
10966650189	parody	a work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule	20
10966650190	pedantic	an adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish	21
10966695043	personification	A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes	22
10966696688	personification	Ex: The delicious bread danced in my stomach.	23
10966701373	sarcasm	From the Greek meaning "to tear flesh"; harsh, cutting language or tone intended to ridicule; may use irony	24
10966709739	satire	A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule.	25