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English III AP
Accismus to Anaphora (Terms 1-8)
| Term/Definition | Example |
|---|---|
| Accismus is a form of irony where one pretends indifference and refuses something while actually wanting it. In Aesop's fable, the fox pretends he doesn't care for the grapes when in fact, he does. | I saw Mark Antony offer him [Julius Caesar] a crown--yet 'twas not a crown neither, 'twas one of these coronets--and as I told you, he put it by once; but, for all that, to my thinking, he would fain have had it. |
| Allegory- The rhetorical strategy of extending a metaphor through an entire narrative so that objects, persons, and actions in the text are equated with meanings that lie outside the text. | Animal Farm”, written by George Orwell, is an _____________ that uses animals on a farm to describe the overthrow of the last of the Russian Tsar Nicholas II and the Communist Revolution of Russia before WW II. |
| Alliteration-The repetition of an initial consonant sound (note this is not a repeated letter, but a sound that is made), as in “pickled peppers” and “know-nothing” are both alliterative. | "A moist young moon hung above the mist of a neighboring meadow." |
| Allusion is a brief, usually indirect reference to a person, place, or event--real or fictional. May be historical, cultural, mythological, literary, political, or private. | “She turned the other cheek after she was cheated out of a promotion.” |
| Ambiguity is the presence of two or more possible meanings in a single passage. Also, a fallacy in which the same term is used in more than one way. Adjective: ambiguous. | "Brave men run in my family." |
| Anadiplosis is a rhetorical term for the repetition of the last word or phrase of one line or clause to begin the next. | "Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. I sense much fear in you." |
| An analogy is a comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it. Aims at explaining that idea/thing by comparing it to something that is familiar. Metaphors and similes are tools used to draw an analogy. | : “They crowded very close about him, with their hands always on him in a careful, caressing grip, as though all the while feeling him to make sure he was there. It was like men handling a fish which is still alive and may jump back into the water.” |
| Anaphora is a rhetorical term for the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. By building toward a climax, anaphora can create a strong emotional effect. | "I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun." |
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