AP Language And Composition Rhetorical Terms And Glossary Part 2

Question 0

Conundrum

Answer 0

A riddle. Whose answe involves a pun

Question 1

Consonance

Answer 1

Repetition of identical consonant sounds with two or more words in close proximity as in boost best

Question 2

Deduction

Answer 2

The process of moving from a general rule to a specific example

Question 3

Denotation

Answer 3

Literal meaning of word as defined

Question 4

Didactic

Answer 4

Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach

Question 5

Discourse

Answer 5

Spoken or written language including literary works

Question 6

Dissonance

Answer 6

Harsh or grating sounds tht do not go together

Question 7

Dramatic irony

Answer 7

When the reader is aware of an inconsistency between a fictional or nonfictional characters perception of a situation and the truth of that situation

Question 8

Emotional appeal

Answer 8

When the writer appeals to readers emotions to excite and invoke then in an argument

Question 9

Epigraph

Answer 9

The use of quotation at the beginning of a work that hints at its theme

Question 10

Epistrophe

Answer 10

Repetition of a word or expression at the end of successive phrases clauses

Question 11

Ethical appeal

Answer 11

When writer tries to persuade the audience to respect him based on presentation of image through text

Question 12

Euphemism

Answer 12

More acceptable way of saying something inappropriate

Question 13

Euphony

Answer 13

A succession of harmonious sounds used in poetry or prose