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AP Terms #2

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Appealing to one's prejudices, emotions, or special intrests rather than the one's intellect or reason/attacking opponent's character rather than answering the question ad hominem
repitition of words at the beginning of successive clauses anaphora
calling forth; bringing back a memory evocation
use of an aspect of something to represtent the whole metonymy
uses a part to represent a whole synedoche
cliche; inspirational saying homily
kind,sort,style,class or category having a particular form, content. or technique genre
opposition, parallel structure, contrast of ideas or words antithesis
distinctive quality of speech or writing created by the selection and arrangement of words and figures of speech style
person that is used by the speaker of an utterance in referring to anything or to anyone other than the speaker or one or one's being addressed third person
exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis hyperbole
sentence structure syntax
statement that seems contradictory but is accually true paradox
uncertainty of meaning; unclear ambiguity
extended comparison between two seemingly dissimular things analogy
surrounding/ pervading mood, influence, emotional tone atmosphere
producing descriptions and pictures cariculture
repitition of similar grammatical or syntactical patterns parallelism
noun to which a later pronoun refers antecedent
dialogue description that give audience/reader backround of characters and present situation exposition
retelling an event or series narration
picture in words, explpain description
to show an event that happened at an earlier time which is necessary to better understanding flahback
complete or unlimited knowledge omniscient
shortens a word or make two words into one apostrophe
statement put forth and supported by evidence- debate presenting arguement argumentation
order of time chronological
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