AP Literature Terms Week 3

rhetorical devices

diction

word coice 

Syntax

Sentence and phrase structure

Antithesis

Balancing of contrasting ideas

Polysyndeton

Stringing a sentence together with conjunctions

Parallelism

Repetition of similar syntactical structure

Point of view

Narrative perspective - 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd Person

Apostrophe

Addressing person/entity not present

Analogy

The use of a similar or parallel example to reason or argue a point

Colloquialism

Informal diction; the use of informal words, phrases or even slang in a piece of writing. 

Anecdote

A brief narrative describing an interesting or amusing event.

Logos

An argument formed to address logical reasoning

Ethos

An argument formed to address ethical reasoning

Pathos

An argument formed to address emotional reasoning

Argument

Discourse characterized by reasons advanced to support conclusions

Context

 The circumstances surrounding an issue or word that should be considered during the discussion of a given text

Fallacy

an argument that uses poor reasoning

Purpose

What a writer is trying to do/say with her use of language