Ap Lang And Comp Rhetorical Analysis Review 1

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Now, this matter is between me, the two people I love most - my wife and our daughter - and our God. I must put it right, and I am prepared to do whatever it takes to do so.

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Appositive

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We have important work to do - real opportunities to seize, real problems to solve, real security matters to face. (real, real, real)
2 answers

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Asyndeton and anaphora due to the (real, real, real) stressing

Front 3

Now it is time- in fact, it is past time- to move on.

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Aposiopesis

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a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order
'Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.’

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Chiasmus

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comparison using like or as

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simile

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comparison of two things without using like or as
(I am a tornado because I’m fervent to destroy/ because I am Iron Man)

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metaphor

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a noun and an adjective that contradict each other
(jumbo shrimp)

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oxymoron

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when several things are put together, relating to one idea and have the same structure
Structure of sentences or clauses are identical

You need to work quickly and decisively.
He was a prolific author, writing poems, short stories, novels, and screenplays.
Like father, like son.
This is not only just what I wanted, but also just what I needed.
She is sneaky and manipulative.
The escaped criminal was wanted dead or alive.

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Parallelism

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a noun or word phrase that comes right after another noun that renames it.
Mrs. Smith, my favorite teacher(app.), is in the room.

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Appositive

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Reference/direct address to a non-entity or something that can’t be there. Dear Lord…; Mamma help me. O silver moon, how lovely you are tonight. (moon doesn’t hear them)

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Apostrophe: (not grammar):

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arranging parts of sentence so that the material increases in importance or weight
I read a book; I learned some knowledge; I passed a test; I graduated from high school
Least important to most important (leading to the main event)
+ can show relationships

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Climax

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a question that doesn’t have an answer because it is very obvious

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Rhetorical Question

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joining nouns/phrases with conjunctions between each thing
He received cake and corn and candy and pop. (slows you down)

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Polysyndeton

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omitting conjugation between nouns, phrases, clauses
You traveled you walked, you took to many steps, so next time you travel take the BUS.
the omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence
(faster and avoid using and)

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Asyndeton

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similar vowel sounds at beginnings of words. Assuage Adam of his advantageous allure.
has to be a vowel

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Assonance
(like alliteration)

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the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form

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Personification

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reversing of the order of repeated SAME words or phrases. Ask not what you can do for your country; but what your country can do for you

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Antimetabole

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using a descriptive name in the place of something (a descriptive nickname) – Greenville= G-vagas, Chicago= the windy city

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Periphrasis

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establish contrasting relationship between 2 ideas that are juxtaposed. To err is human; to forgive is divine.
-parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other, such as “hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins”
“one small step for man, and one giant leap for mankind”
opposite in a parallel structure (small giant)

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Antithesis

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the use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition, such as do in I like it and so do they.
2 Rhetoric the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.

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Antiphrasis

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comparison of 2 things
This school is like a flower, its pleasing and growing
(school to flower /ignore like and as)

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Analogy

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when a writer presents something as being less important than it really is
-there is a freak storm out and someone says “it’s a little wet outside today”

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Understatement

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repetition of last word of a clause/phrase and the first word of the next clause or phrase.
Mental prep is training; training leads to muscle

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Anadiplosis

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a part of something is used to refer to the whole
Part for whole
Feet= kids
(I love the sound of small pitter patters in the morning)

“all hands on deck!” = everyone get to work on the deck
hands=people

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Synecdoche

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you refer to something by a thing that is closely associated (White House)
-the building is so closely related to the government that they substitute the word government with “the White House’
-Queen of England= the royal crown

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Metonymy

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repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
She sells sea shells by the sea shore

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Alliteration

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to deny the opposite of the word generally used
(neg. of the opposite of what you mean)
opposite of a great class
=worst
to→ it is not the worst class I have taken

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Litotes

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an example/story or model
a moralizing or illustrative story

using: blah, blah, blah, "for example" blah, blah, blah

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Exemplum

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an adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned : old men are often unfairly awarded the epithet “dirty.”
• such a word or phrase as a term of abuse
Swift archer (Achilles)
The ginger (the red head)

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Epithet

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and exaggeration

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Hyperbole

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a noun that comes right after another noun that renames it
Mrs. Smith, our teacher, gave us an essay.

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Appositive

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ignore or deny, but says it. Must deny the opposite of what you mean.
--mentioning something by saying it will not be mentioned
or Call attention to sensitive topics

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Apophasis

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an exclamatory passage in a speech or poem addressed to a person (typically one who is dead or absent) or thing (typically one that is personified)

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Apostrophe

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The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs; for example, "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills"

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Anaphora

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=a word, clause, or sentence inserted as an explanation or afterthought into a passage that is grammatically complete without it
-it is usually marked of by curved brackets, dashes, or commas in writing

-one or both of a pair of marks ( ) used to include such a word clause or sentence

-goes with aposiopesis because it is used as an interlude or interval as a digression or an afterthought

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Parenthesis

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=the device of suddenly breaking off in speech (often with dashes)
-breaking off of subject

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Aposiopesis

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opposite of anaphora
1 ate cheese in a boat, on a boat, by a boat

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Epistrophe (or antistrophe)