1St Semester Ap English Rhetorical Devices

Front 1

the continuation of one line of a poem to the next with no pause

Back 1

enjambment

Front 2

a sentence in which the main clause is withheld until the end

Back 2

periodic sentence

Hint 2

Victorian, Jane Eyre

Front 3

the juxtaposition of sharply contrasting ideas

Back 3

antithesis

Front 4

nature reflects character's feelings

Back 4

pathetic fallacy

Front 5

a seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true

Back 5

paradox

Hint 5

liquid ice, jumbo shrimp (kinda)

Front 6

use of identical or equivalent syntactic constructions in corresponding clauses or phrases

Back 6

parallelism

Front 7

consecutive clauses or phrases with the same number of syllables/same length

Back 7

isocolon

Front 8

inversion of the normal syntactic order or words

Back 8

anastrophe/inversion

Hint 8

Yoda

Front 9

a word, phrase, or whole sentence inserted in the middle of another sentence; punctuation used to break up a series of clauses or phrases for effect

Back 9

parenthesis

Front 10

repetition at the beginning of consecutive phrases or clauses

Back 10

anaphora

Front 11

repetition at the end of consecutive phrases or clauses

Back 11

epistrophe

Front 12

repetition at the both the beginning and end of the same clause

Back 12

epanalepsis

Hint 12

elipse, circular

Front 13

repetition at the beginning of a phrase of the word with which the previous phrase ended

Back 13

anadiplosis

Front 14

the same words of one phrase repeated in reverse order in the next

Back 14

antimetabole

Hint 14

mirror; metabolism = throw up = reverse

Front 15

use of a word or phrase contrary to its normal meaning for ironic effect

Back 15

antiphrasis

Front 16

a clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and functions as either a noun, adjective, or adverb

Back 16

subordinate clause

Front 17

when something denotes one thing but refers to a related thing

Back 17

metonomy

Hint 17

the "crown" represens the King

Front 18

a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence

Back 18

independent clause

Front 19

repetition of the same sounds or kinds of sounds at the beginning of words

Back 19

alliteration

Front 20

repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds

Back 20

assonance

Front 21

repetition of consonants or consonant sounds at the ends of words

Back 21

consonance

Front 22

one thing representing another; a symbol

Back 22

metaphor

Front 23

when two essentially unlike things are compared, often using "like" or "as"

Back 23

simile

Front 24

to place certain words or ideas side by side for comparison or contrast

Back 24

juxtaposition

Front 25

giving inanimate objects, concepts, ideas, or animals human qualities

Back 25

personification

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words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to

Back 26

onomatopoeia

Front 27

the set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning

Back 27

connotation

Front 28

when exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect

Back 28

hyperbole

Front 29

use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas

Back 29

imagery

Front 30

when a part is used for the whole

Back 30

synecdoche

Hint 30

"One-thousand feet marched on Paris." - feet represent soldiers

Front 31

to count off or name one by one; list

Back 31

enumeration