AP LANG rhetorical devices

antithesis

a contrast in language to bring out a contrast in ideas

colloquialism

slang/informal speech

verbal irony

saying something different than what you mean

situational irony

something happening that is different than what was expected

dramatic irony

audience knows something the character doesnt

paradox

a self - contradictory statement

distinctio

elaborating on the definition of a word

euphemism

substitutes for unpleasant words (“earthly remains” not “corpse”)

hypophora

asking a question then answering it

ANADIPLOSIS

repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the next.
“Fear leads to anger; anger leads to”

ANAPHORA

repeating a word at the beginning of a phrase “Give me liberty or give me death”

oxymoron

two words next to each other that are contradictory (falsely true)