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AP English Literary/Rhetorical Terms

QuestionAnswer
Evocation Bringing forth a certain memory or emotion.
Ad Hominem An attempt to link the validity of a premise to a characteristic or belief of the person advocating the premise.
Homily A serious talk or writing on morals, often relating to the Bible.
Style The way in which something is expressed in writing or speaking.
1st/3rd Person Use of pronouns "I"/ Use of pronouns "he", "she", etc. allows for reader to see characters thoughts through 1st person.
Parallelism Use of using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance.
Caricature An imitation of a person, writing style etc. that exaggerates certain characteristics in a satirical way.
Antecedent A preceding circumstance, event, etc.
Exposition One of the 4 major forms of discourse in which something is explained or "set forth".
Stream of Consciousness A style of writing that portrays the inner (often chaotic) workings of a character's mind.
Omniscient Point of view in which the teller is all-knowing.
Apostrophe A technique by which a writer addresses an inanimate object, an idea, or a person who is either dead or absent.
Paradox A self-contradictory and false proposition.
Hyperbole Obvious and intentional exaggeration.
Diction Style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words.
Synecdoche Figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for the part, the special for the general or the general for the special.
Metonymy The use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part.
Syntax The study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language.
Analogy Similarity or comparability.
Antithesis Opposition; contrast.
Ambiguity Doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention.
Genre Kind, category, or sort, especially of literary or artistic work.
Anaphora Repetition of a word or words at the beginning of 2 or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences.
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