AP Lang rhetorical Analysis Vocab

Denotation

Diction of a word meaning something else

Simile

Comparison using like or as

Metaphor

A comparison

Juxtaposition

To take two things and put them in the side and let the reader decide

Connotation

What the word means, in context

Tone

The author’s attitude in the text

Diction

The words that you use in a text

Paradox

Have two contradicting statements that presents a meaning

Narrative

A story

Allegory

A simple story that tells a complex topic

Rhetorical Analysis

Analyze rhetorical choices the author/speaker make

Synthesis

Take multiple sources or ideas to create one argument

Allusion

A reference to something famous

Imagery

An appeal to the senses: Descriptive