AP Lang 10/23 Rhetorical Device Quiz

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.

Periodic sentence

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

Personification

A figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animal, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions.

Polysyndeton

Figure of addition and emphasis which intentionally employs a series of conjunctions not normally found in successive words, phrases or clauses.

Point of View

In literature, the point from which a story is told.

Predicate Adjective

One type of subject complement is an adjective, group of adjectives, or adjective clause that names the subject.

Predicate nominative

A second type of subject complement | A noun, group of nouns, including all of its forms.

Prose

One of the major divisions of Genre, prose refers to fiction and non-fiction.

Repitition

The duplicate, either exact or approximate, of any element in language.

Rhetoric

From Greek word orator | principles of governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively.

Rhetorical Modes

Describes the variety, the conventions, and the purposes of the major kinds of writing.

Rhetorical Questions

Answer to a question is obvious or obviously desired.

Sarcasm

Bitter caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something.