AP Lang - Rhetorical Langauge: List #3

Jargon

specialized words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group

Juxtaposition

Two contrasting objects, images, or ideas placed together or described together to emphasize their differences

Litotes

A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite

Loose sentence

A type of sentence in which the main idea comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses

Metaphor

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

Metonymy

A figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it.

Mood

The prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work.

Narrative

The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.

Onomatopoeia

Figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words

Oxymoron

A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.

Paradox

A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense, but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity.

Parallelism

Refers to the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity.

Parody

A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule.

Parody

A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule.

Pedantic

An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish.

Periodic sentence

A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end.

Personification

A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

Point of View

the perspective from which a story is told

Prose

Any writing that is not poetry

Pun

Clever or amusing use of a word or phrase with two meanings, or of words with the same sounds but different meanings

Repetition

The duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language, such as a sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern.