Rhetorical AP LANG

HYPERBOLE

An intentional exaggeration

Why does an author use hyperbole

To intensify issue, or to make emotionally significant

What is alliteration

Repeating similar sounding words

Why do authors use alliteration

makes phrases MEMORABLE, catchy, and emphasizes connected ideas

What’s the desired affect of hyperbole

Alarmed, and makes it MEMORABLE

What’s the desired affect of alliteration

Makes message MEMORABLE+ confident+ maybe even energetic

Whats an onomatopoeia

Word that imitates sound it refers to

Y do authors use onomatopeias

Recreates a scene vividly, and appeals to audiences’ sense of hearing

Wats the desired affect of an onomatopoeia

Imagination, creates relatability, and feels more intimate and personal

What’s an oxymoron

Fig of speech that uses 2 opposite words together

Why do authors use oxymorons

To express complex contradictions in a MEMORABLE+ concise way

Whats the desired affect of oxymorons

Makes reader stop and think critically

Whats satire

Using humor to criticize public figures/society

Y do authors use satire

To criticize harmful polices + social habits etc. w humor

Whats the desired affect of satire

Laughter + while realizing the prob + making it MEMORABLE

Whats a paradox

a statement or situation that appears to contradict itself, but actually reveals a deeper truth

Y do authors use paradox’s

Expresses a surprising truth/ shows that an issue is more complex than it seems

Whats the desired affect of paradox’s

Encourages readers to re-think their current stances on something+ MEMORABLE

WHATS IRONY

using words to mean the opposite of their ACTUAL meaning

Y do authors use irony

exposes contradictions between appearance vs reality + passive aggressive criticism

Whats the desired affect of irony

Recognize gaps between words and meanings+ humor

What is personification?

Giving nonliving things human traits

Why do authors use personification

To make an abstract idea, makes nonliving thing relatable

What’s the desired effect of personification

Empathy, emotionally persuasive that helps connect reader to thing/object

Whats an anecdote

A short story that happened to the speaker

Why do authors use personification

Introduces a topic, and connects the future message/ topic

What the desired effect of personification

Creates connection, empathy ,and relatability