AP Language Rhetorical Terms- 3 Flashcards
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| 15021113774 | imperative sentence | sentence used to command or enjoin | 0 | |
| 15021117048 | Hyperbole | deliberate exaggeration used for emphasis or to produce an ironic effect. An overstatement to make a point. | 1 | |
| 15021129237 | Imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) | 2 | |
| 15021134488 | Inversion | inverted order of words in a sentence (variation of the subject-verb-object order) | 3 | |
| 15021137480 | Irony | a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words | 4 | |
| 15021142462 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts | 5 | |
| 15021144986 | Metaphor | comparison not using like or as | 6 | |
| 15021152106 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it | 7 | |
| 15021159337 | Mood | Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader | 8 | |
| 15021162479 | Oxymoron | a paradox made up of two seemingly contradictory words | 9 | |
| 15021166517 | Paradox | statement or situation that seems to be a contradiction but reveals a truth | 10 | |
| 15021174524 | Parallelism | similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses | 11 | |
| 15021188260 | pedantic | An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish. | 12 | |
| 15021191368 | periodic sentence | A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. | 13 | |
| 15021193827 | Personification | A figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions. | 14 | |
| 15021207596 | rhetorical question | A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer | 15 | |
| 15021210459 | Satire | A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule. | 16 | |
| 15021215882 | Synecdoche | A type of metaphor in which the part stands for the whole | 17 | |
| 15021223858 | Syntax | the way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses and sentences. Group of words. | 18 | |
| 15021235460 | Tone | Similar to mood, tone describes the author's attitude toward his material, the audience, or both. Some words describing tone are playful, serious, businesslike, sarcastic, humorous, formal, ornate, sardonic, somber, etc. | 19 | |
| 15021244773 | Understatement | The ironic minimizing of fact, presents something as less significant than it is. | 20 | |
| 15021249028 | wit | surprises and delights. A witty statement is humorous while suggesting the speakers verbal power in creating ingenious/perceptive remarks. | 21 | |
| 15021266954 | Zeugma | a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses | 22 | |
| 15021274057 | complex sentence | a sentence containing a subordinate clause or clauses. | 23 | |
| 15021280244 | compound sentence | a sentence with more than one subject or predicate. | 24 |