AP Lang Rhetoric Flashcards
a reference to artistic elements or expressions within a textual work
aesthetic
allegory
the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence
alliteration
the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of successive words
allusion
a reference, explicit or implicit, to something in previous literature or history
analogy
an extended comparison between two things/ instances/ people/ etc. that share some similarity to make a point
anaphora
the repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses, sentences, or lines
anecdote
a (typically short) narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident
assonance
the repetition of vowel sounds (but not consonant sounds)
colloquial
a characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
connotation
the set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning
consonance
the repetition of consonant sounds (but not vowels)
deductive reasoning
a type of reasoning that works from the more general to the more specific, beginning with a theory that becomes a hypothesis, and using observations to confirm the original theory (top-down approach)
denotation
the literal meaning of a word; the dictionary definition
diction
a writer’s choice of sentence structures to help create meaning
didactic
an instructional tone designed to teach an ethical, moral, or religious lesson
