AP Notes Terms 21-30

Question 1

deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect

Answer 1

Anaphora

Question 2

stylistic device that can be defined as the repetition of phrases or words at the end of the of the clauses or sentences

Answer 2

Epistrophe

Question 3

device used to intentionally eliminate conjunctions between the phrases and in the sentence, yet maintain the grammatical accuracy

Answer 3

Asyndeton

Question 4

makes use or coordinating conjunctions (and, or, but, nor) which are used to join successive words, phrases or clauses in such a way that these conjunctions are even used where they might have been omitted

Answer 4

Polysyndeton

Question 5

literary device in which part of something represents the whole or may use a whole to represent a part

Answer 5

Synecdoche

Question 6

attitude of writer toward a subject or audience

Answer 6

Tone

Question 7

step-by-step breakdown of phases of a process; used to convey the details of each phase of thinking, operation, etc.

Answer 7

Process Anlysis

Question 8

dictates how words from different parts of speech are put together in order to convey a complete thought

Answer 8

Syntax

Question 9

purposeful choice of words serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate a provocative question that will frame a rhetorical argument

Answer 9

Provocative Diction *

Question 10

action or process of classifying something according to shared qualities or characterisitics

Answer 10

Classification