AP English Rhetorical Terms

absolute

abstract

ad hominem

adage

allegory

alliteration

allusion

analogy

anaphora

anecdote

annotation

antecedent

antithesis

aphorism

apostrophe

archetype

asyndeton

caricature

chiasmus

colloquial

complex sentence

compound sentence

conceit

concrete

connotation

deductive reasoning

denotation

diction

didactic

ellipsis

epigram

epigraph

euphemism

exposition

figure of speech

foreshadowing

generalization

genre

homily

hyperbole

idiom

sensory

implication

induction

inference

invective

inversion

irony

jargon

juxtaposition

litotes

malapropism

maxim

metaphor

metonymy

motif

non sequitur

objectivity

oxymoron

paradox

parallelism

paraphrase

parody

pedantic

point of view

polysyndeton

pun

reductio ad absurdum

resolution

rhetoric

rhetorical device

sarcasm

satire

simple sentence

style

subjectivity

syntax

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