Kaylene's Rhetorical Devices by Kaylene McLaughlin https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686 AP English Language and Composition Literary Terms en-us 2018-12-24 01:31:24 UTC 2026-01-25 14:20:37 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Pizza.png Allegory 20kmclaughlin1 https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316585724 a device that uses characters and story elements from another story that symbolically to represent the literal meaning of the other story]]> 2018-12-24 02:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316585724 Ambiguity 20kmclaughlin1 https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316586242 multiple meanings of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage]]> 2018-12-24 02:38:04 UTC https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316586242 Antecedent 20kmclaughlin1 https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316586551 the word that a pronoun is referring to ]]> 2018-12-24 02:44:44 UTC https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316586551 Antithesis 20kmclaughlin1 https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588062 "the contrast of ideas"]]> 2018-12-24 03:23:52 UTC https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588062 Aphorism 20kmclaughlin1 https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588098 moral principles presented by an abrupt statement]]> 2018-12-24 03:24:51 UTC https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588098 Apostrophe 20kmclaughlin1 https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588421 a passage that addresses someone who is dead or imaginary or to explain a personified object]]> 2018-12-24 03:36:24 UTC https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588421 Atmosphere 20kmclaughlin1 https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588429 the overall mood or tone of the setting in a piece of writing]]> 2018-12-24 03:36:48 UTC https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588429 Colloquial 20kmclaughlin1 https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588448 co-lo-kwee-all
regular conversation
unacceptable for formal writing
]]> 2018-12-24 03:37:37 UTC https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588448 Conceit 20kmclaughlin1 https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588459 a fancy metaphor]]> 2018-12-24 03:38:02 UTC https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588459 Didactic 20kmclaughlin1 https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588611 die-dack-tick
words used to teach the reader
mainly about moral principals
]]> 2018-12-24 03:43:20 UTC https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588611 Euphemism 20kmclaughlin1 https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588647 you-phom-ism
a replacement for a word that would normally be found offensive or not appropriate
]]> 2018-12-24 03:44:00 UTC https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588647 Invective 20kmclaughlin1 https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588671 words used to be abusive or emotionally harmful to the audience]]> 2018-12-24 03:44:32 UTC https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588671 Litotes 20kmclaughlin1 https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588701 light-o-tees
opposite of a hyperbole
an ironic understatement
]]> 2018-12-24 03:45:10 UTC https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588701 Metonymy 20kmclaughlin1 https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588712 met-om-o-me
a word used to replace another to better emphasize the situation
tell a dog to get its leash they assume they are to be walked
]]> 2018-12-24 03:45:27 UTC https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588712 Oxymoron 20kmclaughlin1 https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588739 a figure of speech where the author uses two phrases that contradict each other in the same statement]]> 2018-12-24 03:46:40 UTC https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588739 Parallelism 20kmclaughlin1 https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588745 aka parallel structure
the use of verbs in poetry that create "grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning, etc."]]> 2018-12-24 03:46:55 UTC https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588745 Pedantic 20kmclaughlin1 https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588775 words used intentionally trying to be better
put out a show-off tone for the reader]]> 2018-12-24 03:47:56 UTC https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588775 Prose 20kmclaughlin1 https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588815 in prose the printer determines the length of the line 
in poetry the poet determines the length of the line]]> 2018-12-24 03:48:32 UTC https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588815 Satire 20kmclaughlin1 https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588822 exposes someones stupidity by using humor, irony, and ridicule 
satire is also a genre of literature ]]> 2018-12-24 03:48:43 UTC https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588822 Semantics 20kmclaughlin1 https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588829 a linguistics branch that studies the meanings, histories, and psychological developments of words ]]> 2018-12-24 03:48:54 UTC https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588829 Syllogism 20kmclaughlin1 https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588837 sil-a-gism
a form of reasoning that combines two ideas that lead to a sound conclusion 
]]> 2018-12-24 03:49:21 UTC https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588837 Synecdoche 20kmclaughlin1 https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588847 sin-neck-doe-key
a figure of speech where one part is made to represent a whole 
]]> 2018-12-24 03:49:37 UTC https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588847 Synesthesia 20kmclaughlin1 https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588861 sin- eth-sti-sia
"the production of a sense impression relating to one sense or part of the body by stimulation of another sense or part of the body"
the smell of a sound or the taste of a color
]]> 2018-12-24 03:50:25 UTC https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588861 Syntax 20kmclaughlin1 https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588872 the arrangement of words and phrases to create well formed sentences in terms of language]]> 2018-12-24 03:50:58 UTC https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588872 Wit 20kmclaughlin1 https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588875 intellectual phrases that create a sense of humor and happiness]]> 2018-12-24 03:51:08 UTC https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/316588875 Anaphora 20kmclaughlin1 https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/317127257 a sub-type of parallelism
anaphora is a type of parallelism but parallelism is not anaphora
repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of sentences or successive lines]]> 2019-01-02 21:13:34 UTC https://padlet.com/20kmclaughlin1/psnfhlmty686/wish/317127257