AP notes 5-10 Flashcards

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Antithesis

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the presentation of two contrasting images. (to be or not to be…”

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Rhetoric

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the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other constitutional techniques

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Colloquialism

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a word or phrase (including slang) used in everyday conversations and informed writing but that is often inappropriate in formal in formal writing

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Connotation

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words suggesting implied meaning because of its association in a readers mind. this is the opposite of denotation

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Consonance

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repetition of identical constant sounds within two or more words in close proximity: boot/best/brag or even compound words; fulfill, ping-pong.

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Caricature

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

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