AP Lang rhetoric vocab

vocabulary!!

diction

word choice

detail

what an author chooses to include in a text

syntax

sentence structure

imagery

the use of language that appeals to one of the five senses

tone

the feeling/attitude of a text

ethos

appeal to credibility

pathos

appeal to emotion

logos

appeal to logic

parallelism

the use of the exact same structure of a phrase, clause, or sentence

anaphora

type of parallelism in which an exact word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of clauses, sentences, or paragraphs

repetition

repeated a word or phrase (anywhere)

rhetorical question

a question posed for effect rather than because an answer is expected

analogy

a literal comparison intended to explain a concept

anecdote

brief story or personal experience

hyperbole

an exaggeration for effect

understatement

the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is

denotation

literal definition of a word

connotation

associations, feelings, or ideas connected with a word

irony

opposite of what’s expected

metaphor

nonliteral comparison

simile

nonliteral comparison using “like” or “as'“

allusion

a reference to another work or time period (literacy, biblical, artistic, historical)