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Rhetorical Devices A
AP Language and Composition Rhetorical Devices
Question | Answer |
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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. |