AP Lang- Rhetorical Terms Pt 2

using clues by the author to figure things out

• prose

• juxtaposition

• inference

• invective

a literary device in which one attacks or insults with the use of tone or abusive diction

• parody

• invective

• juxtaposition

• irony

the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite

• juxtaposition

• parody

• invective

• irony

the placement of two things side by side to create contrast or comparison

• parody

• juxtaposition

• metonymy

• prose

a way of saying something by using the opposite of your intended meaning to illustrate what you're trying to say (often uses no or not)

• polysyndeton

• sarcasm

• juxtaposition

• litotes

a sentence that including multiple dependent clauses following a singular independent clause

• periodic sentence

• loose sentence

• predicate adjective

• predicate nominative

a type of figurative language that links an object or idea to something else

• metaphor

• prose

• oxymornon

• litotes

the process of replacing a word that you intend with something is closely associated with it

• litotes

• metonymy

• invective

• paradox

the general feeling a reader experiences as they read a piece of literature

• prose

• metonymy

• mood

• inference

a series of events that represents, or is a story (often told chronologically)

• litotes

• onomatopoeia

• narrative

• prose