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AP rhetorical terms Flashcards

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The repetition of consonant sounds

Beginning of the word

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Alliteration

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A fictional work in which the characters represent ideas or concepts

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Allegory

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A literary reference to a thing, person, or other literary work

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Allusion

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The repetition of a word or phrase MLK

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Anaphora

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A short tale to demonstrate or illustrate something, beginning of the series of unfortunate events

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Anecdote

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Every pronoun refers back to a previous noun or pronoun

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Antecedent

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An opposition or contrast of ideas, used to balance phrases or clauses

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Antithesis

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A figure of speech, an absent or personified object is addressed by a speaker

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Apostrophe

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Type of internal rhyming, vowel sounds are repeated

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Assonance

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Internal rhyming in which consonant sounds are repeated

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Consonance

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When conjunctions (and, but, etc.) that would usually connect a string of words. “I came, I saw, I conquered” instead of “I came and I saw and I conquered

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Asyndeton

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Meaningless mixture of sounds, random

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Cacophony

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A local or regional dialect expression, Huck Finn

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Colloquialism

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A word’s emotional content. Depends on the interpreter/ reader’s perspective

Okay, Okay

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Connotation

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The author’s choice of words.

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Diction

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Literature or work designed to instruct

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Didactic Literature

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A word’s dictionary definition

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Denotation

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A mild or pleasant-sounding expression that substitutes for harsh l, indelicate, or simply less pleasant idea.

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Euphemism

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Exaggeration used to achieve emphasis

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Hyperbole

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Mental pictures created by specific word choices

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Imagery

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Occurs when a situation produces an outcome that is opposite of what is expected. Inherent twist.

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Irony (Situational)

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When two contrasting ideas are placed next to each other. Not one word

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Juxtaposition

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Something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it, the Crown

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Metonymy

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An affect created by words, Boom, Clap, Kazam, etc

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Onomatopoeia

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Two contradictory words in one expression, unusual and thought provoking. Jumbo shrimp

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Oxymoron

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A seeming contradiction that in fact reveals some truth “this sentence is false”

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Paradox

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An effort to ridicule or make fun of a literary work

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Parody

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Narrator is not the author but rather a created character

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Persona

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Objects have human qualities

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Personification

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Use of and and other conjunctions with no commas. Scared and hopeless and alone

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Polysyndeton

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A play on words between a word that has two meanings

adorable v. A Dora bowl

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Pun

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Stating something to mean the opposite

I LOVE math -_-

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Sarcasm/ Verbal Irony

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A ridicule or mocking or ideas.

Making fun of human weakness.

Holds a deeper meaning

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Satire

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The narrator of the story

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Speaker

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Choices in diction, tone, and syntax

differs between authors

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Style

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Using a part to represent a whole

“Lend me your ears”

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Synecdoche

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The way words are arranged in a sentence

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Syntax

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Attitude of the writting

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Tone

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A sentence consisting of three parts

“I came, I saw, I conquered”

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Tricolon

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Author assigns a less significant meaning to an event or thing

Monsoon = “a bit of wind”

Comical or sarcastic

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Understatement

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The quality of the work in relating to a central idea.

Coherence and Clarity

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Unity

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How the speaker presents themselves to the reader

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Voice

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Breech of sense in a sentence

“She carried the groceries and the key to my heart”

Carried used in two ways, figurative and literal

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Zeugma

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