AP Lang - Rhetorical Strategy

Anadiplosis

________:: the repetition of the last word /phrase from the previous line at the begging of the next.

Epanalepsis

________:: Repetition of same word or clause after and intervening matter.

Polysyndeton

________:: Adding in many conjunctions between clauses → hurried rhythm + pileup effect.

inanimate object

Metaphor:: giving a(n) ________ /person a meaning /action that is not literal.

Simile

________:: one thing is likened to another.

Alliteration

________:: Repetition of same- sound and the beginning of successive word.

Synaesthesia

________:: mixing sensory output in an impossible way.

Anastrophe

________:: Normal syntactical arrangement is violated for emphasis.

Onomatopoeia

________:: word whose sounds imitates that of which it names.

Apostrophe

________:: Breaking off discord to address a person or personified thing.

Parenthesis

________:: Insertion the interrupts syntax flow.

Cacophony

________:: opposite of euphony, bad sounds in a section of text.

Rhetorical strategy

________:: A specific approach (s) a writer employs to achieve an intended purpose.

Personification

________:: an animal /inanimate object is given human qualities.

Euphony

________:: opposite of cacophony, pleasing /harmonious sounds.

minimum wage

A(n) ________, that is not a supporting wage, is not a(n) ________.

Rhetorical strategy

A specific approach(s) a writer employs to achieve an intended purpose

Imagery

language and description that appeals to our five senses

Alliteration

Repetition of same-sound and the beginning of successive word

Epanalepsis

Repetition of same word or clause after and intervening matter

Anastrophe

Normal syntactical arrangement is violated for emphasis

Parenthesis

Insertion the interrupts syntax flow

Asyndeton

Omission of conjunction → slower rhythm + emphasis

Polysyndeton

Adding in many conjunctions between clauses → hurried rhythm + pileup effect

Apostrophe

Breaking off discord to address a person or personified thing

Pleonasm

Use more words than necessary

Hyperbole

Rhetorical exaggeration

Oxymoron

Paradoxical image with two contradicting terms

Anadiplosis

the repetition of the last word/phrase from the previous line at the begging of the next

Metaphor

giving an inanimate object/person a meaning/action that is not literal

Simile

one thing is likened to another

Personification

an animal/inanimate object is given human qualities

Synaesthesia

mixing sensory output in an impossible way

Cacophony

opposite of euphony, bad sounds in a section of text

Euphony

opposite of cacophony, pleasing/harmonious sounds

Apotheosis

the glorification of an individual to a divine level

Onomatopoeia

word whose sounds imitates that of which it names