Rhetorical devices for AP Language and Composition
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| Allegory | show 🗑
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| show | the sequential repetition of a similar initial sound, usually applied to consonants, usually in closely proximate stressed syllables
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| Allusion | show 🗑
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| show | the regular repetition of the same words or phrases at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses.
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| show | the juxtaposition of a sharply contrasting ideas in balanced or parallel words, phrases, grammatical structure, or ideas
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| Aphorism | show 🗑
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| Apostrophe | show 🗑
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| show | the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds
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| show | a syntactical structure in which conjunctions are omitted in a series
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| Attitude | show 🗑
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| show | an argumentative ploy where the arguer sidesteps the question or the conflict, evading or ignoring the real questions, similar to what politicians do.
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| show | a figure of speech and generally a syntactical structure wherein the order of the terms on the first half of a parallel clause is reversed in the second.
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| Claim | show 🗑
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| Colloquial | show 🗑
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| show | a comparison of two unlikely things that is drawn out within a piece of literature, in particular an extended metaphor within a poem.
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| show | the implied, suggested, or underlying meaning of a word or phrase. It is the opposite of denotation, which is the "dictionary definition" of the word
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| Consonance | show 🗑
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| show | an accepted manner, model, or tradition
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| show | the method of argument in which specific statements and conclusions are drawn from general principles; movement from general to the specific, in contrast to inductive reasoning (induction).
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| show | the specific word choice an author uses to persuade or convey tone, purpose, or effect.
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| Didactic | show 🗑
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| show | a poem or prose work the laments, or meditates upon the death, a person or persons. Sometimes an elegy will end with words of consolation.
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| show | in rhetoric, the repetition of a phrase at the END of successive sentences.
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| Epitaph | show 🗑
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| Ethos | show 🗑
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| show | an indirect, kinder, or less harsh or hurtful way of expressing unpleasant information.
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| show | writing that explains its own meaning or purpose
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| show | a series of comparisons within a piece of writing. If they consistently involve one concept, this is also known as a conceit.
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| Homily | show 🗑
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| Imperative sentence | show 🗑
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| show | an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronology of the narration.
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| Genre | show 🗑
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| Hyperbole | show 🗑
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| show | the method of reasoning or argument in which general statements and conclusions are drawn from specific principles; movement from the specific to the general.
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| Inference | show 🗑
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| show | parallel structure in which the parallel elements are similar not only in grammatical structure but also in length.
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| Jargon | show 🗑
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| show | the location of one thing adjacent to or juxtaposed with another to create an effect, reveal an attitude, or accomplish some other purpose
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| Litote | show 🗑
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| Loose sentence | show 🗑
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| Metonymy | show 🗑
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| show | the way in which information is presented in written or spoken form
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| Mood | show 🗑
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| show | a mode of discourse that tells a story story of some sort. It is based on sequences of connected events, usually presented in a straightforward chronological framework.
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| show | a figure of speech that combines two apparently contradictory elements
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| show | a statement that seems contradictory but is probably true
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| Parallel structure | show 🗑
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| Pathos | show 🗑
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| show | a long sentence in which the main clause is not completed until the end
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| Realism | show 🗑
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| Rebuttal/refutation | show 🗑
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| show | the art of using words to persuade in writing or speaking.
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| Rhetorical question | show 🗑
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| show | a form of verbal irony in which apparent praise is actually critical. sarcasm can be light and gently poke fun at something, or it can be harsh, caustics, and mean.
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| show | a literary work that holds up human failings to ridicule and censure
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| show | a direct explicit comparison of one thing to another usually using the words like or as to draw the connection
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| Style | show 🗑
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| Symbolism | show 🗑
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| Synecdoche | show 🗑
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| show | the way words are put together to form phrases, clauses, and sentences.
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| show | the central or dominant idea or focus of a work; the statement a passage makes about its subject.
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| show | the attitude the narrator/writer takes toward a subject and theme; the tenor of a piece of writing based on particular stylistic devices employed by the writer. Tone reflects the narrator/author's attitude.
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| show | a grammatically correct construction in which a word, usually a verb or adjective, is applied to two or more nouns without being repeated.
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