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Syntactical Manipula

AP language terms

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POETIC LICENSE the liberty that authors sometimes take with ordinary rules of grammar and syntax, employing unusual vocabulary, metrical devices, or figures of speech or committing factual errors in order to strengthen a passage of writing
ANTITHESIS the rhetorical opposition or contrast of words, clauses, or sentences Ex. JFK: "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."
ANAPHORA a rhetorical figure of repetition in which the same word or phrase is repeated in (and usually at the beginning of) successive lines, clauses or sentences
MALAPROPISM a confused, comically inaccurate use of a long word or words Ex. The doctor wrote a subscription
RHETORICAL QUESTION a question asked for the sake of persuasive effect rather than a genuine request for information. The writer implies the answer is too obvious to require a reply
ASYNDETON a form of verbal compression which consists of the omission of connecting words (usually conjunctions) between clauses Ex. The most common form is the omission of "and" leaving only a sequence of phrases linked by commas. see Conrad's Heart of Darkness
CADENCE the rising and falling rhythm of speech especially in free verse or prose
CIRCUMLOCUTION the roundabout manner of referring to something at length rather than naming it briefly and directly
DIGRESSION a temporary departure from one subject to another more or less distantly related topic before the discussion of the first subject is resumed
AMBIGUITY multiple meaning- intentional or not- of a work, phrase, sentence, or passage
REPETITION duplication of any element of language- sound, word, phrase, clause, patter
APOSIOPESIS rhetorical device in which the speaker suddenly breaks off in the middle of a sentence leaving the sentence unfinished
PERIPHRASIS an elaborate and roundabout manner of speech that uses more words than necessary. "I appear to be entirely without financial resources," instead of "I'm broke"
ELLIPSIS three periods (...) indicating the omission of words
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