Rhetorical Devices For Ap Lang Class Week 3

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Epigraph

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A quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing; an engraved inscription.

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Enjambed

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Ending partway through a sentence or clause that continues in the next.

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Epistrophe

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Repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentence.

Will appear on the test:
a. "But to all of those who would be tempted by weakness, let us leave no doubt that we will be as strong as we need to be for as long as we need to be." - RIchard Nixon, First Inaugural Address.
b. "When we first came we were very many and you were very few. Now you are many and we are getting very few." - Red Cloud.

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Epithet

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An adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned.

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Ethical appeal

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Is a request based on what you believe to be right. You appeal to your audience to also consider that your stance is the right one. It is often used in political or religious presentations.

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Euphony

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Any agreeable, pleasing and harmonious sounds; the quality of being pleasing to the ear.

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Exposition

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The portion of a story that introduces important background information to the audience; for example, information about the setting, events occurring before the main plot, characters' back stories, etc.

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False analogy

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A rhetorical fallacy that uses an analogy (comparing objects or ideas with similar characteristics) to support an argument, but the conclusion made by it is not supported by the analogy due to the differences between the two objects.

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Figurative language

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Non-literal or figurative language refers to words, and groups of words, that exaggerate or alter the usual meanings of the component words.

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Foreshadowing

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A warning or indication of a future event.

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Frame

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The frame story leads readers from a first story into another, smaller one (or several ones) within it.

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Free Verse

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Is an open form of poetry. It does not use consistent meter patterns, rhyme, or any other musical pattern. It thus tends to follow the rhythm of natural speech.

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Genre

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Is the term for any category of literature or other forms of art or entertainment, e.g. music, whether written or spoken, audial or visual, based on some set of stylistic criteria.

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Heroic couplet

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A stanza consisting of two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter, especially one forming a rhetorical unit and written in an elevated style.

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Hubris

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Extreme pride or arrogance. Hubris often indicates a loss of contact with reality and an overestimation of one's own competence, accomplishments or capabilities.

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Humanism

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Group of philosophies and ethical perspectives which emphasize the value and agency of human beings.

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Hyperbole

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Exaggeration used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression, but is not meant to be taken literally.

Will appear on the test:
a. "It rained for four years, eleven months, and two days." - Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude.
b. "We walked along a road in Cumberland and stopped, because the sky hung so low." - Thomas Wolfe, Look Homeward, Angel.

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Euphemism

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A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.

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Induction

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Inference of a generalized conclusion from particular instances.