Ap Comp Literary And Rhetorical Terms

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anaphora

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repetition of a word, phrase or cluase at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row.

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annotation

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explanatory notes added to a text to explain, cite sources, or give bibliographical data.

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antithesis

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a balancing of two opposite or contrasting words, phrases, or clauses

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assonance

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repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity

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asyndeton

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commas used (with no conjunction) to separate a series of words.

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authority

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arguments that draw on recognized experts or person with highly relevant experience are said to rest on authoritative backing or authority.

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backing

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support or evidence for a claim in an argument

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causal relationship

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where a writer asserts taht one thing results from another

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chiasmus

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arrangement of repeated thoughts in a pattern of XYYX

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common knowledge

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shared beliefs or assumptions

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concrete language

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language that describes specific, observable things, people or places, rather than ideas or qualities

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conventional

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following certain conventions or traditional techniques of writing

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consonance

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repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity

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deconstruction

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a critical approach that debunks single definitions of meaning based on the instability of language.

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didactic

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a teaching on a moral lesson

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dramatic irony

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when the reader is aware of an inconsistency between a fictional or nonfictional charater's perception of a situation and the truth of that situation.

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elliptical

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sentence structure taht leaves out something in the second half.

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emotional appeal

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when a writer appeals to an audience's emotions

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epigraph

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a quotation or aphorism at the beginning of a literary work suggestive of a theme

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equivocation

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when a writer uses the same term in two different senses in an argument

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ethical appeal

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when a writer tries to persuade the audience to respect and believe him or her based on a presentation of image of self through the text.

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example

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individual instance taken to be representatie of a general pattern.