AP Lang Rhetorical Terms

antithesis

contrasting concepts/words/sentences within parallel grammatical structures

anaphora

repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases

analogies

metaphor or unconventional comparison

anecdotes

brief tangential personal stories

participles

end in ing, describe an action relating to the verb and separated by a comma

appositive

a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it.

absolute

a noun and a participle (Jaw clenching)