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AP English Language — Rhetorical Devices

Persuasive techniques and figures of speech in rhetoric

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rhetor_rising 15 terms Mar 9, 2026
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Ethos
Rhetorical appeal to credibility and authority of the speaker
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Pathos
Rhetorical appeal to emotion of the audience
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Logos
Rhetorical appeal to logic and evidence
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Kairos
Appealing to timeliness; the right moment for an argument
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Antithesis
Contrasting ideas placed side by side in parallel structure
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Chiasmus
Reversed grammatical structure in consecutive phrases; A-B / B-A
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Rhetorical Question
Question asked for effect; no answer expected
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Parallelism
Using the same grammatical structure for multiple elements
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Juxtaposition
Placing contrasting elements side by side to highlight differences
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Epistrophe
Repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses
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Zeugma
One word governs two or more other words differently; often humorous
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Litotes
Understatement using double negative; 'not unhappy'
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Synecdoche
Part represents the whole or vice versa; 'all hands on deck'
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Metonymy
One word substitutes for a related concept; 'The Crown decided...'
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Aphorism
Brief, pithy statement expressing a general truth