AP Lang rhetoric vocab

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diction

word choice

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detail

what an author chooses to include in a text

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syntax

sentence structure

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imagery

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

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tone

the feeling/attitude of a text

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6

ethos

appeal to credibility

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pathos

appeal to emotion

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logos

appeal to logic

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parallelism

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

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anaphora

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

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repetition

repeated a word or phrase (anywhere)

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rhetorical question

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

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analogy

a literal comparison intended to explain a concept

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anecdote

brief story or personal experience

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hyperbole

an exaggeration for effect

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understatement

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

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denotation

literal definition of a word

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connotation

associations, feelings, or ideas connected with a word

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irony

opposite of what’s expected

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metaphor

nonliteral comparison

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simile

nonliteral comparison using “like” or “as'“

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allusion

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

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