AP Language And Composition Rhetorical Terms And Glossary Part 1

Question 0

Ad hominem

Answer 0

In an argument this is an attack on the person rather that on the opponents ideas. Against the man

Question 1

Abstract

Answer 1

Refers to language that describes concepts rather than concrete images

Question 2

Allegory

Answer 2

An extended narrative in prose or verse in which characters, events, and settings represent abstract qualities and in which the writer intends a second meaning to be read beneath the surface of the story

Question 3

Anaphora

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Repetition of a word phrase or clause t the beginning of two or more sentences in a row

Question 4

Annotation

Answer 4

Notes added to a text to explain cite sources

Question 5

Antithesis

Answer 5

The presentation of two contrasting images

Question 6

Aphorism

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A short often witty statement of a principal or a truth about life

Question 7

Apostrophe

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The device of calling out an imaginary dead or absent person or to place a thing or personified abstraction

Question 8

Argumentation

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Writing in attempts to prove the validity of a point of view or an idea by presenting reasons arguments

Question 9

Assonance

Answer 9

Repetition of vowel sounds

Question 10

Asyndeton

Answer 10

Commons used to separate a series of words

Question 11

Cacophony

Answer 11

Harsh Sounds

Question 12

Caricature

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Descriptive writing that greatly exaggerates a specific feature of a persons appearance or personality

Question 13

Colloquialism

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A word or phrase used in everyday conversation an informal writing but that is often inappropriate in formal writing

Question 14

Connotation

Answer 14

Implied or suggested meaning of a word because of its association in the readers mind