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AP English Rhetoric
AP English Rhetoric Terms Alliteration-Documentation
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alliteration | The repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of consecutive words or syllables |
| Allusion | An indirect reference, often to another text or an historic event |
| Analogy | An extended comparison between two seemingly dissimilar things |
| Anaphora | The repetition of words at the beginning of successive clauses |
| Anecdote | A short account of an interesting event |
| Annotation | Explanatory or critical notes added to a text |
| Antecedent | The noun to which a later pronoun refers |
| Antimetabole | The repetition of words in an inverted order to sharpen contrast |
| Antithesis | Parallel structure that juxtaposes contrasting ideas |
| Aphorism | A short, astute statement of a general truth |
| Appositive | A word of phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun |
| Archaic Diction | The use of words common to an earlier time period; antiquated language |
| Argument | A statement put forth and supported by evidence |
| Aristotelian Triangle | A diagram that represents a rhetorical situation as the relationship among the speaker, the subject, and the audience |
| Assertion | An emphatic statement; declaration. An assertion supported by evidence becomes an argument. |
| Assumption | A belief or statement taken for granted without proof. |
| Asyndeton | Leaving out conjunctions between words, phrases, clauses. |
| Attitude | The speaker's position on a subject as revealed through his or her tone. |
| Audience | One's listener or readership; those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed. |
| Authority | A reliable, respected source--someone with knowledge. |
| Bias | Prejudice or predisposition toward one side of a subject or issue |
| Cite | Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source |
| Claim | An assertion, usually supported by evidence |
| Close Reading | A careful reading that is attentive to organization, figurative language, sentence structure, vocabulary, and other literary and structural elements of a text |
| Colloquial/ism | An informal or conversational use of language |
| Common Ground | Shared beliefs, values, or positions. |
| Complex Sentence | A sentence that includes one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. |
| Concession | A reluctant acknowledgment or yielding |
| Connotation | That which is implied by a word, as opposed to the word's literal meaning |
| Context | Words, events, or circumstances that help determine meaning. |
| Coordination | Grammatical equivalence between parts of a sentence, often through a coordination conjunction such as and, or, or but |
| Counterargument | A challenge to a position; an opposing argument |
| Credible | Worthy of belief; Trustworthy |
| Cumulative Sentence | An independent clause followed by subordinate clauses or phrases that supply additional detail |
| Declarative Sentence | A sentence that makes a statement |
| Deduction | Reasoning from general to specific |
| Denotation | The literal meaning of a world; its dictionary definition |
| Dialectical Journal | A double-column journal in which one writes a quotation in one column and reflections on that quotation in the other column |
| Diction | Word choice |
| Documentation | Bibliographic information about the sources used in a piece of writing |
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