I have the AP English Language Exam tomorrow and I want to go over a few of the rhetorical and literary devices they might test us on. Can you either give me a website or list a few that you know? I looking for stuff like anaphora, allusion, assonance, etc.
2007-05-15 13:29:01 · 4 answers · asked by The Ghetto David Hume 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
sure, im taking it tomorrow too :)
wikipedia has decent definitions of these terms. Some are obvious, and you just need to use the keyword in your essay.
rhetorical devices:
irony
hyperbole
sarcasm
understatement
contrast
repitition
paradox
"straw man"
"slippery slope"
ad hominem
cause/effect
personification
simile
metaphor
synecdoche
metonymy
LOGOS, ETHOS, AND PATHOS
There are different kind of rhetorical fallacies:
argument from authority
appeal to ignorance
begging the question
hasty generalization
non sequitur
false dichotomy
faulty causality
red herring
scare tactics
bandwagon/peer pressure
dogmatism
equivocation
faulty analogy
that should get you going!
2007-05-15 13:39:49 · answer #1 · answered by mia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
~allusion
~illusion
~motif
~theme
~paradigm
~metaphor
~climax
~en medius res
~foreshadowing
~flashback
~naturalism, romanticism, realism
~irony
~plot
~setting
I hope those help. Good luck on your test!
2007-05-15 20:50:58 · answer #2 · answered by YSIC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try this
2007-05-15 20:58:26 · answer #3 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
-illiteration
-rhyme?
-onoponopetia
2007-05-15 20:33:14 · answer #4 · answered by matt chen 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋