AP Vocabulary 21-41 Flashcards
Anaphora
In writing or speech, the deliberate repitition of the first part of the sentence in order to achive an artistic effect is known as anaphora. Anaphora possibley the oldest luterary device has its roots in biblical psalms used to emphasize certain words or phrases. Gradually Elizabethon and romantic writers bought this to practice.
Epistrophe
Is derived from a greek word that means turning upon which indicates the same word returns at the end of each sentence. Is a stylistic device that can be defined as the repitition of phrases or words at the end of the clauses or sentences. it is also called epiphora. Epistrophe examples are frequently found in literary pieces in persuausive writing and speeches.
Asyndeton
Means unconnected. It is a stylistic device udes in literature and poetry to inentionally eliminate conjunctions between the phrases and in the sentence yet maintain grammatical accuracy. This literary tool helps in the sentence yet maintain the grammatical accurarcy. This literary tool helps in reducing the indirect meaning of the pgrase and presents it in a consise form. It helps in speeding up the rhythm of words, Used in speech but can be used in writtwn works.
Polysyndeton
The term polysyneton copmes from a Greek word meaning bond toghter. It makes use if coordinating conjunctions like and or but and nor which are used to join successive words, phrases or clauses in such a way that joins these conjuctions are even usewd where they might be ommitted.
Synecdoche
A literary device in which part of something represents the whole or it may use a whole to represent a port. Distinguishing between this and metonymy often take some thoughtful consideration.
Tone
An attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience. It is something important for the reader to sense to determine a argument. Usally conveyed through the choice of words or the viewpoint of a writer in a particular subject.
Process Analysis
A step by step breakdown of the phrase of a process used to convey the details of each phrase of thinking an operation etc. It is often used to improve understanding and also to breakdown an argument to make it more comprehensible.
Syntax
Choice of specific words is called diction.
Provocative Diction
Diction is our choice of words. Provocative Diction is the purposeful choice of words serving or tending to provoke,excite, or stimulate a provocative question that will frame a rhetorical argument.
Classification
Process of classifying something according to shared qualities or characteristics. This often is a strategy of argumentation structure to YOUR argument. It would be considered a support to both LOGOS and ETHOS in a presenting argument.
Understatement
Making a understatement by decreasing the intensity of something. It is the opposite of a HYPERBOLE or OVERSTATEMENT.
Colorful Diction
Diction is your choice of words as a writer. It stands to reason that Colourful Diction is a very purposeful word choice that will serve to accentuate meaning and tone.
Counterargument
An argument put forward to oppose an idea developed in another argument when writing in the argumentiative mode, it is mandatory that the writer acknowladge the other side of his or her argument.
Claim
If somebody gives an argument to support his or her position it is called making a claim. Diffrent reasons are usally presented to prove why a certain point should be accepted as logical.
Evidence
Type of literary device that appears in diffrent catagories of essays and thesis in the form of paraphrase and qoutations. It is presented to persuade the readers and used with powerful arguments.
