AP Lang - Rhetorical Strategy

Rhetorical strategy :: A specific approach(s) a writer employs to achieve an intended purpose

Have to use rhetorical devices

Imagery :: language and description that appeals to our five senses

creates a more vivid image

Alliteration :: Repetition of same-sound and the beginning of successive word * ==bright blue ball==
Epanalepsis :: Repetition of same word or clause after and intervening matter * a minimum ==wage==, that is not a supporting ==wage==, is not a minimum ==wage==
Anastrophe :: Normal syntactical arrangement is violated for emphasis * ==troubles, everybody’s got==
Parenthesis :: Insertion the interrupts syntax flow * the cat ==(which was the cutest thing ever)== was so soft
Asyndeton :: Omission of conjunction → slower rhythm + emphasis * Can use semicolon to break thought up * ==I came, i saw, i conquered== vs. i came, i saw and i conquered
Polysyndeton :: Adding in many conjunctions between clauses → hurried rhythm + pileup effect * i wore ==a hat and a coat and a scarf and mittens and boots==
Apostrophe :: Breaking off discord to address a person or personified thing * Talking to inanimate objects or people that aren't there * NOT personification * ==O’ wise one…==
Pleonasm :: Use more words than necessary * ==with these very eyes, i saw him do it, i heard it with my ears==
Hyperbole :: Rhetorical exaggeration * I told you a ==million== times…
Oxymoron :: Paradoxical image with two contradicting terms * ==awfully pretty, tragic comedy, open secret==

Anadiplosis :: the repetition of the last word/phrase from the previous line at the begging of the next * she opened ==a cafe. a cafe== that was to be the most popular in town.
Metaphor :: giving an inanimate object/person a meaning/action that is not literal * the waves ==roared==, the wind ==whispered==,
Simile :: one thing is likened to another * life’s ==like== a box of chocolates, she ran ==like== a cheetah
Personification :: an animal/inanimate object is given human qualities * the sun ==smiled== down on us
Synaesthesia :: mixing sensory output in an impossible way * her voice was as smooth as velvet * ==taste the rainbow==
Cacophony :: opposite of euphony, bad sounds in a section of text. discordant and difficult to pronounce * never my numb ==plunker== fumbles
Euphony :: opposite of cacophony, pleasing/harmonious sounds * ==marvelous, mellow, mist==
Apotheosis :: the glorification of an individual to a divine level * she has the patience of a ==saint==
Onomatopoeia :: word whose sounds imitates that of which it names * ==plop, kerplunk, splash==

\ Purpose

Intended reason for why you are writing * Inform * Entertain * Question * Argue * Elicit emotional response
Goal
Intended effect

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Devices → strategy → purpose → effect on audience

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