ap language rhetorical devices Flashcards

14915699197	rhetorical triangle	ethos, pathos, logos	0
14915699198	logos	a persuasive appeal based on logic or reason	1
14915699199	ethos	the persuasive appeal of one's character, or credibility of the speaker/ writer	2
14915699200	pathos	appeal to the audience based on emotion	3
14915699201	rhetoric	from the greek word for "orator," this term describes the principles of governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively	4
14915699202	speaker	A term used for the author, or the person whose perspective (real or imagined) is being advanced in a speech or piece of writing	5
14915699203	audience	the listener, viewer, or reader of a text	6
14915699204	occasion	The reason or moment for writing or speaking	7
14915699205	subject	about what the story is being written	8
14915699206	argument	a statement of the meaning or main point of a literary work	9
14915699207	context	the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed.	10
14915699208	counterargument	an argument or set of reasons put forward to oppose an idea or theory developed in another argument.	11
14915699209	scheme	A pattern of words or sentence construction used for rhetorical effect.	12
14915699210	trope	The generic name for a figure of speech such as image, symbol, simile, and metaphor.	13
14915699211	purpose	One's intention or objective in a speech or piece of writing.	14
14915699212	propaganda	information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.	15
14915699213	pun	a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.	16
14915699214	metaphor	implied comparison between two things of unlike nature	17
14915699215	simile	explicit comparison between 2 things of unlike nature using "like" or "as"	18
14915699216	personification	the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.	19
14915699217	irony	the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning	20
14915699218	hyperobole	a figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect	21
14915699219	synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa	22
14915699220	metonymy	substitution of some attributive or suggestive word for what is actually meant	23
14915699221	oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.	24
14915699222	paradox	contradictory statement that also contains a measure of truth	25
14915699223	rhetorical question	A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer	26
14915699224	onomotopoiea	words that mimic the sound it represents	27
14915699225	litotes	A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite	28
14915699226	chiasmus	A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed	29
14915699227	alliteration	Repetition of initial consonant sounds	30
14915699228	assonance	Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity	31
14915699229	consonance	Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity.	32
14915699230	anaphora	the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses	33
14915699231	parallelism	similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses	34
14915699232	zeugma	use of two different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous, meanings	35
14915699233	asyndeton	omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words	36
14915699234	polysyndeton	Deliberate use of many conjunctions	37
14915699235	apostrophe	A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.	38
14915699236	euphemism	An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant	39
14915699237	anastrophe	Inversion of the natural or usual word order	40
14915699238	understatement	the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is.	41