AP Language Rhetorical Devices Flashcards

14750971655	Verbal Irony	A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant	0
14750971656	Dramatic Irony	when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't	1
14750973718	Situational Irony	An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected	2
14750975119	Metaphor	a direct comparison of two different things	3
14750977090	Analogy	A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way	4
14750979371	Syntax	Sentence structure	5
14750980858	Diction	word choice	6
14750982664	Allusion	A reference to another work of literature, person, or event	7
14750989960	Imagery	Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)	8
14750989961	Motif	A recurring theme, subject or idea	9
14750993174	Archetype	an original model on which something was patterned or replicated; the ideal example of a particular type of person or thing	10
14750995294	Repetition	Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis	11
14750996569	Detail/Support	evidence used to support an opinion	12
14750999441	Point of View	method of narration that we see the story through	13
14751006197	Symbol	A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.	14
14751008228	Hyperbole	exaggeration	15
14751008229	Rhetorical Question	question asked to make dramatic effect	16
14751011683	Parallelism	similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses	17
14751027796	Style	the choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work	18
14751027797	Timeshift	movement away from normal chronology	19
14751035983	Interior Monologue	a technique that reproduces the rhythm of consciousness in writing	20
14751038140	dramatic monologue	when a single speaker in literature says something to a silent audience	21
14751040216	Meiosis	understatement	22
14751042237	Litotes	A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite	23
14751046484	Metontymy	when one phrase is substituted for another closely related to	24
14751051050	Synechdoche	Uses a part to explain a whole or a whole to explain a part. ex. Lend me an ear.	25
14751051051	Euphimism	An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant	26
14751054346	Antecedent	The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.	27
14751054347	Onomatopoeia	A word that imitates the sound it represents.	28
14751056117	Apostrophe	A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.	29
14751057922	Antithesis	using opposite phrases in close conjunction	30
14751061279	Alliteration	Repetition of initial consonant sounds	31
14751064044	Assonance	Repetition of vowel sounds	32
14751064045	Consonance	Repetition of consonant sounds	33
14751065511	Ambiguity	The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage.	34
14751067064	Aphroism	a brief statement such as a moral or quote, expression	35
14751068711	Mood	Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader	36
14751070187	Denotation	The dictionary definition of a word	37
14751070188	Connotation	an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.	38
14751071433	Dialogue	Conversation between characters	39
14751072837	Ethical appeal	reputation, credibility, experience (persona); how trustworthy and credible is this person; shared values	40
14751076317	Logical appeal	claims, evidence, logical reasoning; appeals to someone's reason; facts	41
14751081666	Emotional appeal	appealing to someone's emotion	42
14751083834	loose sentence	A complex sentence in which the main clause comes first and the subordinate clause follows	43
14751085478	periodic sentence	sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end	44
14751087727	simple sentence	A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause	45
14751089407	compound sentence	a sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses, often joined by one or more conjunctions	46
14751089408	complex sentence	A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause	47
14751091231	paradox	a seemingly contradictory idea that has truth to it; although x doesn't make sense, in this way it might make sense	48
14751097994	polysyndeton	the use, for rhetorical effect, of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural	49
14751097995	asyndeton	omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words	50