AP Lang Rhetoric Flashcards

11058647256	Allusion	Reference (historical, literacy, biblcal, etc)	0
11058647257	Analogy	Comparison between two things	1
11058647258	Anthropomorphism	the attribution of human traits, emotions, and intentions to non-human entities	2
11058647259	Personification	Attribution of human form and characteristics to abstract concepts	3
11058647260	Apostrophe	A person or abstract quality that is directly addressed whether present or not	4
11058647261	Hyperbole	exaggeration used for emphasis	5
11058647262	Metaphor	A comparison without using like or as	6
11058647263	Simile	A comparison of two unlike things using like or as	7
11058647264	Oxymoron	Connecting two contradictory terms	8
11058647265	Paradox	A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.	9
11058647266	Metonymy	Referring to something by something that is associated with it	10
11058647267	Synecdoche	A part of something that is used to refer to the whole entity	11
11058647268	Rhetorical question	A leading question meant for effect. May or may not be answered	12
11058647269	Zeugma	One verb governs several words or clauses in a different sense	13
11058647270	Liote	Making a deliberate understatement for emphasis	14
11058647271	inverted sentence	Verb before subject (Yoda speak)	15
11058647272	Asyndeton	omission of conjunctions between related phrases, clauses, or words (vein, vidi, vici)	16
11058647273	Polysyndeton	Conjunctions are used in quick succession, often without commas to join words or clasuses	17
11058647274	Anaphora	Repetition of first word or series in a phrase, sentence or clause	18
11058647275	Epistrophe	Repetition at the end of phrases, sentences or clauses	19
11058647276	Parallelism	Similarity of structure in one or more words, phrases or clauses	20
11058647277	Alliteration	Repetition of letter or sound at the beginning of words	21
11058647278	Assonance	Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity	22
11058647279	Consonance	Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity	23
11058647280	Onomatopoeia	A word that imitates the sound it represents.	24
11058647281	Parody	imitation of a particular writer, artist or a genre, exaggerating it deliberately to produce a comic effect	25
11058647282	Satire	Criticism of society and politics through the sense of humored, irony, or exaggeration (social commentary)	26
11058647283	Tone	Author's attitude about his/her subject	27
11058647284	Mood	The feeling/atmosphere the reader perceives from the text	28
11058647285	Voice	The distinctive style or manner of expression of an author or narrator	29
11058647286	Imagery	Descriptive language drawing on the five senses, places the reader "in" the world that the author has created	30
11058647287	Connotation	Idea or feeling that is invoked by a word beyond literal meaning	31
11058647288	Denotation	the literal meaning of a word	32
11058647289	Archaic	Language no longer in everyday use, but sometimes used to import and old-fashioned flair	33
11058647290	Colloquial	(of language) used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary.	34
11058647291	erudite	Having/showing great knowledge/learning	35
11058647292	Concrete	existing in a material or physical form; real or solid; not abstract.	36
11058647293	Abstract	existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence; theoretical	37
11058647294	Formal	Language used in situations that are serious or involve people we don't know well; more common in writing	38
11058647295	Informal	Language used in situations that are more relaxed with people we know well; more common in conversations	39