GRAMMAR LINKSRHETORICAL EFFECTS

STUDY GUIDE AP LANG

ALL RHETORICAL TERMS WITH EFFECTS:

• http://www.virtualsalt.com/rhetoric.htm• http://vd-p.d91.k12.id.us/Curriculum_Resourc

es/Credit%20Recovery%20-%20Senior%20English%20Tri%20A/Course%20Resources/12.LA.1.2.1%20rhetoricaldev.pdf

ALL LANG TERM FLASHCARDS:

• http://quizlet.com/18951185/all-ap-language-and-composition-terms-flash-cards/

Simple Defs of Rhet. Devices:• http://examples.yourdictionary.com/example

s-of-rhetorical-devices.html• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_rhet

orical_terms

VERBS

• http://quizlet.com/2547487/state-of-being-verbs-flash-cards/

• http://quizlet.com/5403501/passive-and-active-voice-flash-cards/

SYNTAX DEVICES FLASHCARDS:

• http://quizlet.com/2736989/syntax-devices-flash-cards/

• http://quizlet.com/4083382/syntax-quiz-flashcards-flash-cards/

PARTIAL LIST OF EFFECTS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF SHORT SENTENCES AND FRAGMENTS:

•Stark Incomplete Short•Whispered Stopping the reader Urgent•Terse Singular•Aggressive•Half-heard Jarring

•Inaudible Breathless•Unvarnished Sighing•Uncomplicated•Unadorned•Urgent•Simple Sudden•Broken down Fragmented•Abrupt Blunt

Effects of Parallelism:

BalanceEquateCompareContrastCompeteEmphasizeCollaborateExaggerateQuestionDeclare

DramatizeControl pace or rhythmEstablish toneElaborateJuxtaposesSyntactical form imitates the contentNeatens assertions and conclusionsBreaks down assertions and conclusionsDemonstrates excessStrengthens

Builds tensionIncreases intensityCreates relationships/associationsTo overwhelm [the reader]To show how manyTo demonstrate different perspectivesHighlightsSeparatesMultipliesSpecify

ElucidatesDemonstrates varietyMakes two unlike things seem more alikeAssigns a dual roleHighlights opposites (paradox, antithesis)Intensifies effect of___

Complex Sentences:

• http://quizlet.com/2019824/complex-sentences-flash-cards/

• http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/wmbaskervill/bl-wmbaskervill-grammar-analysis-complex.htm

Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences:

• http://quizlet.com/7373536/simple-compound-and-complex-sentences-flash-cards/

• http://quizlet.com/38545299/grammar-compound-and-complex-sentences-flash-cards/

• http://quizlet.com/3788998/simple-compound-complex-sentences-flash-cards/

Effects of JUXTAPOSITION:

• http://creativotion.blogspot.com/2010/03/juxtaposition.html

Effects of Polysyndeton:

• http://mannerofspeaking.org/2011/06/15/rhetorical-devices-polysyndeton/

Effects of Periodic Syntax:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodic_sentence

Periodic V Cumulative Syntax:

• http://p12.bvsd.org/monarchhigh/faculty/mkugler/AP/periodic_loose.html

• http://create.arizona.edu/content/lessons-writing-effective-sentences-part-iv-special-types

Strong Verbs, Diction, Tone:

• http://quizlet.com/5172981/strong-verbs-diction-tone-flash-cards/

Types of Diction:

• http://quizlet.com/5460206/ap-diction-terms-flash-cards/

Effects of Metaphors:

• http://mannerofspeaking.org/2014/11/09/rhetorical-devices-metaphor/