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Ap Lang -- Rhetorical Devices Questions & Detailed Answers
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- Rhetorical devices
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- University Of Virginia
Ap Lang -- Rhetorical Devices Questions & Detailed Answers
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Ap Lang -- Rhetorical Devices Questions &Detailed Answers
Alliteration - ANS repetition of sounds at the beginning of a word
assonance - ANS repetition of a vowel sound
consonance - ANS repetition of a consonant sound
cacophony - ANS harsh discordance of sounds (e.g. jack cut crispy carrots)
euphony - ANS pleasing sounds from a combination of words
parallelism - ANS repetition of similar words/phrases/ideas to represent that the
ideas are of equal or higher value & importance
isocolon - ANS parallelism relating to equal length (syllables/word count)
chiasmus - ANS words are repeated in reverse order (e.g. the fire burned, burned
the fire)
antithesis - ANS opposition or contrast of ideas/words in a balanced or parallel
structure
, climax - ANS height of suspense; turning point in literature; sentence structured in
increasing importance
anticlimax - ANS an event/conclusion/statement that is less powerful than built up
paraprosdokian - ANS a sentence/phrase in which the second half is surprising and
causes one to rethink the first half
anaphora - ANS repetition of the first word/phrase in successive sentences
epistrophe - ANS repetition of a word/phrase at the end of a phrase/sentence
epanalepsis - ANS repetition of a word/phrase at regular intervals; a sentence
starts & ends with the same word
anadiplosis - ANS repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the
beginning of the next
commoratio - ANS attempting to prove a point by repeating it several times in
different ways
tautology - ANS repetition of a word/phrase without specific purpose/meaning;
redundancy
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