AP Lang Rhetorical Devices

The central claim and overall purpose of a work is called a ________.

• Thesis

• Summary

• Introduction

• Conclusion

A predisposition or subjective opinion is known as ________.

• Bias

• Fact

• Evidence

• Truth

Writing that urges readers to action or promote a change is called a ________.

• call to action

• narrative

• expository

• descriptive

A short account of an interesting or humorous incident, intended to illustrate or support a point is called an ________.

• anecdote

• story

• joke

• narrative

A comparison to a directly parallel case; the process of drawing a comparison between two things based on a partial similarity of like features is called an ________.

• Analogy

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Comparison

An expression that means something other than the literal meanings of its individual words is called an ________.

• idiom

• metaphor

• simile

• proverb

The voice and attitude the writer has chosen to project is known as ________.

• Tone

• Mood

• Style

• Perspective

The overall atmosphere of a work and how that atmosphere makes a reader feel is called ________.

• mood

• tone

• theme

• setting

A contrast in language to bring out a contrast in ideas is called ________.

• Antithesis

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

A brief reference to a person, event, or place - real or fictitious - or to a work of art is called an ________.

• Allusion

• Illusion

• Elusion

• Delusion