AP Lang Understanding Rhetoric: R-Z

Rhetorical Question

________: an inquiry that is asked for the sake of an argument.

Sarcasm

________: verbal irony in which apparent compliments are bitter or nasty.

Understatement

________: occurs when an author assigns less significance to an event or thing than it deserves.

Syntax

________: the manner in which words are arranged in a sentence (passive vs. active)

Sequence

________: the order in which a writer presents information.

Syllogism

________: argument that utilizes deductive reasoning and consists of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.

Transition

________: words that bring unity and coherence to a piece of writing by drawing connections between paragraphed ideas.

Rhetoric

________: the art of using language to achieve a particular purpose or goal.

Simile

________: a figure of speech that compares two things using the words "like "or "as.

Voice

________: the manner in which a speaker of a literary work presents themself to the reader.

Satire

________: a mode of expression that ridicules ideas, persons, events, or doctrines to make fun of human weaknesses.

Zeugma

________: a figure of speech in which the same word is applied to two other words in the same sentence with different meanings.

Sic

________: notation made during transcription process to indicate that an apparent error was made in the source document, not transference.

Technical Language

________: special vocabulary of a trade or profession.

Tone

________: the authors attitude towards a subject or scenario.

Speaker

________: narrator of a story, poem, or drama.

Repetition

________: anaphora, chiasmus, epistrophe, parallelism.

Slang

________: unconventional, informal language of particular sub- groups of culture.

Symbol

________: a person, place, or thing that evokes ideas and associations that are not literally part of the original object.

Semicolon

________:; form of punctuation to join independent clauses.

Middle Style

________: conversational and amiable.

Style

________: manner in which an author uses and arranges words, phrases, and ideas to express his or her ideas.

Stream of Consciousness

________: narrative technique meant to mirror the continuous, and often disjointed and disconnected, flow of information through a speakers mind with little to no regard for traditional narrative coherence.

Repetition

anaphora, chiasmus, epistrophe, parallelism

Rhetoric

the art of using language to achieve a particular purpose or goal

Rhetorical Question

an inquiry that is asked for the same of an argument

Sarcasm

verbal irony in which apparent compliments are bitter or nasty

Satire

a mode of expression that ridicules ideas, persons, events, or doctrines to make fun of human weaknesses

Semicolon

; form of punctuation to join independent clauses

Sequence

the order in which a writer presents information

Sic

notation made during transcription process to indicate that an apparent error was made in the source document, not transference

Simile

a figure of speech that compares two things using the words "like" or "as"

Slang

unconventional, informal language of particular sub-groups of culture

Speaker

narrator of a story, poem, or drama

Specific/General

general words name groups or classes

Stream of Consciousness

narrative technique meant to mirror the continuous, and often disjointed and disconnected, flow of information through a speakers mind with little to no regard for traditional narrative coherence

Style

manner in which an author uses and arranges words, phrases, and ideas to express his or her ideas

High Style

ceremonial

Middle Style

conversational and amiable

Low Style

unadorned

Syllogism

argument that utilizes deductive reasoning and consists of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion

Symbol

a person, place, or thing that evokes ideas and associations that are not literally part of the original object

Syntax

the manner in which words are arranged in a sentence (passive vs. active)

Technical Language

special vocabulary of a trade or profession

Theme

the central idea upon which a written piece is built

Thesis

a statement of the mean idea or argument in a work of speech or writing

Tone

the authors attitude towards a subject or scenario

Transition

words that bring unity and coherence to a piece of writing by drawing connections between paragraphed ideas

Understatement

occurs when an author assigns less significance to an event or thing than it deserves

Vernacular

colloquialism; words based on locaation

Voice

the manner in which a speaker of a literary work presents themself to the reader

Zeugma

a figure of speech in which the same word is applied to two other words in the same sentence with different meanings