AP lang Word Scramble

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Question	Answer
Anadiplosis	The last word of the clause begins the next clause, creating a connection of ideas important to the author's purpose in some way.
Anaphora	The deliberate repetition of a word of phrase at the beginning of several successive poetic lines, prose, sentences, clauses, or paragraphs.
Anastrophe	Inversion of the usual order of words.
Antithesis	An observation or claim that is in opposition to your claim or an author's claim.
Apostrophe (NOT the punctuation mark!)	prayer-like , this is a direct address to someone who is not present, to a deity or muse, or to some other
Asyndeton	The deliberate omission of conjunctions from a series of related independent clauses.
Chiasmus	A reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases
Deductive Reasoning	A logical process in which a conclusion is based on the concordance of multiple premises that are generally assumed to be true.
Ellipsis (not the punctuation mark!)	Where a thought is left incomplete or unfinished
Epanalepsis	This figure repeats the opening word or phrase at the end of the sentence to emphasize a statement or idea, but is not an ABBA reversal
Epistrophe	The ending of a series of lines, phrases, clauses, or sentences with the same word or words.
Ethos	One of the fundamental strategies of argumentation (credibility/ehtical)
Inductive reasoning	A logical argument that requires the use of examples, most like science, you get example after example
Juxtaposition	Making one idea more dramatic by placing it next to its opposite
Logos	An appeal to reason, when a writer tries to convince you of the logic of his argument (logic/statistics)
Metonymy	A minor figure of speech in which the name of one thing is substituted for another with which it is closely associated.
Paradox	A major figure speech in rhetorical analysis that seeks to create a mental discontinuity, which then forces the reader to pause and seek clarity.
Parentheticals (NOT the punctuation mark)	Phrases, sentences, and words inside parentheses
Pathos	An appeal to emotion, typically pathos arguments may use loaded words to make you feel guilty, lonely, worried
Polysyndeton	The use of consecutive coordinating conjunctions even when they are not needed.
Rhetorical shift	This occurs when the author of an essay significantly alters his or her diction, syntax, or both
Syllogism	In its basic form, this is a three part argument construction in which two premises lead to truth.
Synecdoche	A minor figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole, sometimes shows up in multiple choice questions
Synthesis	To unite or synthesize a variety of sources to achieve a common end
Tricolon	A sentence with three equally distinct and equally long parts
Zeugma	A minor device in which two or more elements in a sentence are tied together by the same verb or noun.

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