Rhetorical Devices
This device repeats words at the beginning of clauses or sentences.
What is anaphora?
This rhetorical appeal focuses on credibility.
What is ethos?
A sentence where the main idea comes first and details follow.
What is a loose sentence?
An exaggerated imitation for comedic effect.
What is parody?
What disappears during timed essays?
What is my vocabulary?
This device repeats words at the end of clauses or sentences.
What is epistrophe?
This rhetorical appeal targets emotions.
What is pathos?
A sentence where the main clause appears at the end.
What is a periodic sentence?
Two contrasting things placed closely together.
What is juxtaposition?
The hardest part of rhetorical analysis essays.
What is commentary?
This device reverses grammatical structure for effect.
What is chiasmus?
This rhetorical appeal uses logic and reasoning.
What is logos?
This device flips normal word order around.
What is anastrophe?
An old-fashioned style of language.
What is archaic diction?
What AP students say after writing three essays.
What is “I’m cooked”?
“I came, I saw, I conquered” is an example of this.
What is asyndeton?
All humans are mortal. I am human. Therefore I am mortal.” is this type of reasoning.
What is a syllogism?
The structure and arrangement of words in a sentence.
What is syntax?
A short statement expressing a truth or principle.
What is an aphorism?
What happens when the prompt says “analyze carefully.”
What is overthinking?
A word applies to two nouns in different ways.
“He lost his coat and his temper.”
What is zeugma?
This is the literal dictionary definition of a word.
What is denotation?
A figure of speech dealing with word order, sounds, and letters.
What is a scheme?
An extended metaphor comparing two very different things.
What is conceit?
The emotional state of AP students in May.
What is exhausted?