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AP Language
Rhetorical Elements and Terms #3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Jargon | Profession words |
| Juxtaposition | Comparison/ contrast of nearby ideas |
| Maxim | Adage |
| Mesodiplosis | Repetition of words or phrases in the middle of sentences |
| Metaphor | Comparison without like or as |
| Narrative | Story |
| Omniscient narrator | Narrator knows all |
| Onomatopoeia | Sound word |
| Oxymoron | 2 to 3 words that contradict |
| Paradox | A full sentence that contradicts |
| Parallelism | Similar structure of sentence parts |
| Paraphrase | Put in own words |
| Parody | Mockery |
| Parenthetical | In parentheses |
| Personification | To make into a person |
| Polysyndeton | Repetition of conjunctions |
| POV - First Person | "I" |
| POV - Third Person | "They" |
| Protagonist | Drives the plot |
| Simile | Comparison using like or as |
| Symbol | Conventional representation |
| Synesthesia | Mixes senses |
| Theme | Full sentence of lesson to be learned |
| Thesis | Road map for essay - contains position and topics to cover |
| Understatement | To make less of |