AP Rhetorical Terms #3
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- Enjambed
- the running over of a sentence or thought into the next line without a pause
- Euphony
- a smooth, pleasant sounding choice and arrangement of sound, opposite of cacophony
- Axiom
- a self evident truth that requires no proof
- Antithesis
- placing parts of a sentence against another (opposites) to form a balanced contrast of ideas
- Antecedent
- the preceding word or sentence that follows a logical order
- Dissonance
- a mingling of discordant sounds
- Pragmatic
- practical and the concern of making choices that are useful
- Authorial Persona
- something that the author constructs, a persona that is different from the personas the author may have when they're at home or with friends
- Epithet
- a word which makes the reader see the object described in a clearer or sharper light
- Indeterminism
- human actions are deliberate by choice and free-will
- Inversion
- reversal of the natural or usual order of words
- Dysphemism
- the substitution of a harsh, disparaging, or unpleasant expression for a more neutral one.
- Cosmology
- branch of philosophy dealing with origin and general structure of universe
- Canon
- applied to works generally accepted as "great ones"
- Apposition
- the placing next to a noun another noun or phrase that explains it
- Determinism
- doctrine or belief that all events belong to a predetermines sequence of events
- Homily
- an inspirational saying or cliche
- Generic Conventions
- the features shown by texts that allow them to be put into a specific genre
- Explication
- the art of interpreting or discovering the meaning of a text
- Catharsis
- a technique used to relieve a tension and anxiety by bringing repressed feeling and fear to consciousness