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AP Scrugg rhet terms
AP ish
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ever since the accident that killed her husband and son, the woman across the street has lived bitter and secluded like Miss Havisham. | allusion |
| Next we come to the fruit fly—the drosophila melanogaster, that tiny, insubstantial bug, on whom the foundations of biology have rested for so long. | amplification |
| In education we find the measure of our own ignorance; in ignorance we find the beginning of wisdom. In wisdom there is peace. | anadiplosis |
| This proposed legislation, if it passes into law, will destroy thirty years of achievement. Law should build up, not tear down. | conduplicatio |
| When your enemy comes to you in pain, you must do whatever is in your power to help ease that pain. For when a child comes to you in pain, do you not do everything you can? Know then that in the eyes of the Lord we are all His children. | analogy |
| He has refused his Assent to Laws He has forbidden his Governors He has refused to pass other Laws He has called together legislative bodies He has dissolved Representative Houses He has refused He has endeavoured | anaphora |
| When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child | epistrophe |
| Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them | symploce |
| Granted, reducing automobile emissions may cost manufacturers and consumers a few dollars in the short run, but the benefits of a cleaner earth and a healthier population are priceless. | antanagoge |
| That’s one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind... | antithesis |
| I’m unsure whether to be in favor of harsher penalties or opposed to them, as the arguments on both sides seem very strong. | aporia |
| O, Wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn’s being… | apostrophe |
| He was tall, dark, handsome, wealthy, well educated, intelligent | aysndeton |
| He was tall and dark and handsome and wealthy and well educated and intelligent. | polysyndeton |
| He smiled happily and joyfully laughed | chiasmus |
| The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessing; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. | parallelism |
| Caution can be a useful human emotion. Fear tends to cloud our better judgment. Anger turns us away from what we know to be right. Hate overwhelms us and ultimately devours our humanity | climax |
| The defendant is charged with failure to stop; stopping means, of course, a complete cessation of movement. | distinctio |
| I went to the mall, the park, the river, the salon, and, finally, home | enumeratio |
| The skillful pilot safely landed the plane | epithet |
| Representative Monroe speaks so well, she is often called the Abe Lincoln of the General Assembly | eponym |
| The United States Constitution grants its citizens numerous freedoms, the right to criticize our leaders, for example. | exemplum |
| Faustus’s mind burned with a curiosity unquenchable. | hyperbaton |
| There are more reasons for NASA to fund a trip to Jupiter than there are miles in the journey. | hyperbole |
| What were the issues that led some states to secede from the Union that had been hailed as the Grand Experiment? First, of course, was the issue of… | hypophora |
| It was a good day,” clearly means the day was positively good | litotes |
| Having examined the extent to which car exhaust and factory emissions contribute to global climate change, it is probably a logical next step to look at long-term atmospheric trends. | metabasis |
| If he were to punch you in the face, you’d have to fight off the urge to thank him. | Luigi/irony |
| Research undoubtedly provides the meat of a good argument, but style gives that meat a little spice. | metaphor |
| The pen is mightier than the sword. | metonymy |
| The rancher boasted about how many head of cattle he owned. | synecdoche |
| My dad went to Las Vegas, he lost his money, he came home. | parataxis |
| At his death (under mysterious circumstances that have never been definitively explained), Edgar Allen Poe had many enemies (including the man who would handle his literary estate and write his first biography). | parenthesis |
| When hope knocks on the door, despair sneaks out the window. | personification |
| Many scholars claim that William Shakespeare could not possibly have written the plays attributed to him, but I have no doubt that the Bard of Avon is exactly who we have always believed he was. | procatalepsis |
| In this modern and enlightened age, can we truly condone such horrific acts? | rhetorical question |
| A rolling stone gathers no moss. | sententia |
| My first cup of coffee in the morning is as refreshing as an unexpected email from a long-lost best friend. | simile |
| Leonardo da Vinci had an occasional good idea. | understatement |
| The runner lost the race and his scholarship. | zeugma |
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