Rhetoric Devices and Terms commonly seen on the AP English Language Exam
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| show | An instance of indirect reference
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| ambiguity | show 🗑
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| analogy | show 🗑
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| anaphora | show 🗑
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| antithesis | show 🗑
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| apostrophe | show 🗑
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| show | The posture, action, or disposition of a figure or a statue
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| detail | show 🗑
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| diction | show 🗑
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| ethos | show 🗑
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| show | The act or an example of substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for one considered harsh, blunt, or offensive
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| figure of speech | show 🗑
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| hyperbole | show 🗑
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| imagery | show 🗑
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| show | logic, reasoning
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| metaphor | show 🗑
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| show | Temper of mind; temporary state of the mind in regard to passion or feeling; humor; as, a melancholy mood; a suppliant mood
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| organization | show 🗑
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| show | conjoining contradictory terms
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| paradox | show 🗑
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| pathos | show 🗑
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| show | a way of regarding situations or topics
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| point of view | show 🗑
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| repetition | show 🗑
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| rhetorical question | show 🗑
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| show | the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
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| simile | show 🗑
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| syntax | show 🗑
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| tone | show 🗑
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| understatement | show 🗑
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| Ad hominem | show 🗑
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| show | A story, fictional or nonfictional, in which characters, things, and events represent qualities or concepts; they reveal an abstract truth
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| show | A brief recounting of a relevant episode; usually inject humor or develop a point
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| Asyndeton | show 🗑
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| show | often called circular reasoning, begging the question occurs when the believablity of the evidence depends on the believability of the claim
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| Didactic | show 🗑
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| show | Sentence structure which leaves out something in the second half.
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| show | When a writer uses the same term in two different senses in an argument
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| Inversion | show 🗑
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| Freight-train | show 🗑
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| Non-sequiter | show 🗑
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| Polysyndeton | show 🗑
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| show | When a writer implies that because one thing follow another, the first caused the second. But sequence is not cause.
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| show | When a writer raises an irrelevant issue to draw attention away from the real issue
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| show | A writer oftens adopts a fictional voice (or mask) to tell a story.
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| show | A work that reveals a critcial attitude toward some element of human behavior by portraying it in an extreme way. Satire targets groups rather than individuals
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| show | When a writer argues against a claim that nobody actually holds or is universally considered weak. Setting up a straw man diverts attention from the real issue
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| show | Sentence consisting of three parts of equal importance and length, usually three independent clauses
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| show | Sentence structures that are extraordinarily complex and involved. Often difficult for a reader to follow
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| Aphorism | show 🗑
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| Connotation | show 🗑
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| show | the strict literal meaning ; devoid of any emotion , attitude or color
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