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Section two – you will have small reading passages and you will identify which rhetorical device is being used (cumulative) .  \nTest \\#1 “Allegory” – “Connotation”  \nAllegory – The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. In some allegories, for example, an author may intend the characters to personify an abstraction lie hope or freedom. The allegorical meaning usually deals with moral truth or a generalization about human existence.  \nEx. Animal Farm George Orwell  \nAlliteration: The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonants in tow or more neighboring words (as in “she sells sea shells”). Although the term is not used frequently in the multiplechoice section, you can look for alliteration in any essay passage. The repetition can reinforce meaning, unify ideas, supply a musical sound, and/or echo the sense of the passage.  \nAllusion: A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. Allusions can be historical, literary, religious, topical, or mythical. There are many more possibilities, and a work may simultaneously use multiple layers of allusion. Ex.“Plan ahead: it wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark” -Richard Cushing  \nAmbiguity: The quality of being open to more than one interpretation; vagueness. Use“multiplicity,”“openness,” or “ambivalence”when those ideas are indicated.  \nAnalogy: A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. An analogy can explain something unfamiliar by associating it with or pointing out its similarity to something more familiar. Analogies can also make writing more vivid, imaginative, or intellectually engaging. Ex. He that voluntarily continues ignorance is guilty of all the crimes which ignorance produces, as to him that should extinguish the tapers of a lighthouse might justly be imputed the calamities of shipwrecks.” -Samuel Johnson  \nAnaphora: One of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression (word or words) is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences. Ex.“It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.”“They are masters who instruct us without rod or ferule, without angry words, without clothes or money.” –Richard de Bury  \nAnecdote: A short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event. The term most frequently refers to the telling of an incident in the life of a person.  \nAntecedent: The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. The AP Language exam occasionally asks for the antecedent of a given pronoun in a long, complex sentence or in a group of sentences.  \nAntithesis: Figure of balance in which two contrasting ideas are intentionally juxtaposed, usually through parallel structure; a contrasting of opposing ideas in adjacent phrases, clauses, or sentences. Antithesis creates a definite and systematic relationship between ideas. Ex.“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose” – Jim Elliot “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind” -Neil Armstrong  \nAphorism: A terse statement of know authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle. (If the authorship is unknown, the statement is generally considered to be a folk proverb.) An aphorism can be a memorable summation of the author’s point.  \nApostrophe: A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. 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The effect is to give vent to or display i","cbCaivvPDweJ12wE","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivvPDweJ12wE","pdf",108055,12,"English","# Glossary Overview\n## Purpose and Test Format\n## Rhetorical Terms by Definition","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of the AP English Language rhetorical terms glossary?\",\"answer\":\"It helps readers discuss an author’s work at a more sophisticated level by focusing on how the author achieves purpose.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the test use these rhetorical terms?\",\"answer\":\"Section one matches definitions to terms, and section two uses small reading passages where you identify the rhetorical device used.\"},{\"question\":\"Which rhetorical terms are included in the glossary?\",\"answer\":\"The glossary defines many devices, including Allegory, Alliteration, Allusion, Ambiguity, Analogy, Anaphora, Anecdote, Antecedent, Antithesis, Aphorism, Apostrophe, Asyndeton, Atmosphere, and Chiasmus.\"}]","AP English Language and Composition Glossary of Rhetorical Terms | PDF",1789899200]