AP Language Rhetorical Devices Flashcards

7460383109	Aporia	Expressing doubt about an idea.	0
7460391921	Anaphora	repetition of the same words at the beginning of a series of clauses.	1
7460400370	Epistrophe	repetition of the same words at the end of a series of clauses.	2
7460406532	Symploce	Anaphora and Epistrophe	3
7460412716	Verisimilitude	similar to the truth; the quality of realism in a work that persuades readers they are getting a vision of life as it is.	4
7460420580	Persona	The role that a character or speaker assumes or depicts to the reader.	5
7460426519	Asyndeton	a list with no conjunctions (and, or)	6
7460431572	Polysyndeton	a list with conjunctions between each item	7
7460437726	Denotation	dictionary definition of a word	8
7460440727	Connotation	implied meaning(s) of the word	9
7494272036	Zeugma	when unexpected items in a sentence are linked together by a shared word. (deletes a verb)	10
7861646219	Verbal irony	when a speaker's intention is the opposite of what he/she is saying (sarcasm)	11
7861647774	situational irony	when the actual result of a situation is totally different from what you'd expect the result to be.	12
7861649561	dramatic irony	when the audience knows a key piece of information that a character in a play, movie, or novel doesn't know	13
7861652930	enumeration	when you list a bunch of qualities or roles of something right after stating that "something"	14
7861655618	hyperbole	exaggerating your point	15
7861656643	understatement	less than you would normally expect	16
7861658766	litotes	understatement that emphasizes its point by using a word opposite to the conditions.	17
7861661456	paralipsis	emphasizing a point by seeming to pass it over	18
7861663140	euphemism	a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.	19
7861669798	style	diction, sentence structure, syntax, figurative language, sentence arrangement, mode	20
7861670807	mood	the emotion the author wants the audience to feel towards his or her subject.	21
7861671795	tone	the author's attitude toward the subject; created through diction, selection of detail, imagery	22
7861674163	parody	something that mocks something else that already exists but has no political/social point.	23
7861675645	satire	something mocking something else with a political point	24
7861679399	chiasmus	a literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order	25
7861680794	epigraph	a short phrase or quotation proceeds a literary work	26
7861682421	metonymy	a substitution of the name of an attribute or an adjunct for that of the thing meant	27
7861684481	synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a term for a part of something refers to the whole	28
8516392298	parallelism	article, adj., noun followed by article, adj., noun. To use components in a sentence that are grammatically the same.	29
8516394374	descriptions	ususally focuses on one thing, and the speaker usual isn't a character.	30
8516395651	narration	a story	31
8516396055	antecedent	the noun that the pronoun is referring to.	32
8516398193	antithesis	opposite ideals in parallel structure.	33
8516398719	inductive reasoning	uses patterns to arrive at a conclusion. Generalization or rule leads to specific examples or activities.	34
8516399037	deductive reasoning	begins with a premise, starts with things you assume to be true and draw conclusions that must be true if your assumptions are true. Uses facts, rules, and definitions to arrive at a conclusion specific examples or activities leads to generalization or rule.	35