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Rhetorical Devices A
AP Language and Composition Rhetorical Devices
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Declarative Sentences | States a fact. |
| Imperative | Command; commonly has an implied subject |
| Simple Sentence | Independant Clause; contains subject and verb; expresses a complete thought |
| Compound Sentence | Combines two sentences with a coordinator |
| FANBOYS | Coordinators used in compound sentences. For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So |
| Complex Sentences | One indepedant clause with one dependent clause |
| Because, Since, After, Although, When, or a Relative Pronoun That, Who, or Which | Complex Sentence joiners |
| Juxtaposition | device in which normally unassociated ideas, words, or phrases are placed next to one another. Also used to contrast to call attention to dissimilar ideas or metaphors |
| Parallelism | Arrangement of words in which one of equal importance with another is similarly develpoed and phrased.Ex "of the people, by the people, for the people" |
| Anaphora | Repetition of the first word |
| Rhetorical Questions | A question posed for effect not to actually be answered. |
| 3 Appeals of Arguement | Logos- logical appealEthos- ethical appealPathos- emotional appeal |
| Allusion | A device in which something is referenced to an object or circumstance that has occured in an external context. |
| Figurative Language | Describes something by comparing it to something else. |