Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Rhetoric
english ap
20
English
11th Grade
05/10/2011

Additional English Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Ethos 
Definition

The use of a credible figure in order to build an argument 

 

Term
Pathos
Definition
The use of emotion to build a credible arguement
Term
Logos
Definition
The use of logic to build a credible argument 
Term
Dramatic Irony
Definition
character reveals the opposite of what he intends to do
Term
Verbal Irony
Definition
saying the opposite of what you mean (sarcasm)
Term
Situational Irony
Definition
circunstances turn out to be the opposite
Term
Syntax
Definition
sentence structure
Term
Denotation
Definition
literal meaning of the word
Term
Double denotative word
Definition
a word that means more than one thing
Term
connotation
Definition
association a word has, idea or feeling it invokes
Term
diction
Definition
word choice
Term
metonymy
Definition
use of a related object to represent and object (crown -> king)
Term
synecdoche
Definition
use of a part of an object to represent a whole (sail -> boat)
Term
parody
Definition
an imitation of something
Term
alliteration
Definition
an occurence of the same sound/letter at the beginning of adjacent/closely connected words
Term
understatement
Definition
saying less than what one means, opposite of exageration
Term
onomatopoeia
Definition
creation of a word from a sound (meow)
Term
antithesis
Definition
a figure of speech involving a seeming contradiction of ideas, words, clauses, or sentences within a balanced grammatical structure 
Term
apostrophe
Definition
a figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or personified abstraction, such as liberty or love
Term
syntax
Definition
The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences.
Supporting users have an ad free experience!