AP English Language and Composition Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms, List 4

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  1. non sequitur
    a reply that has no relevance to what preceded it
  2. oxymoron
    conjoined contradictory terms
  3. paradox
    a statement that contradicts itself
  4. perspective
    a way of regarding situations or topics
  5. point of view
    a mental position from which things are perceived
  6. premise
    a statement that is held to be true
  7. rhetorical question
    an inquiry that is not supposed to be answered
  8. sarcasm
    witty language used to convey insults or scorn
  9. syllogism
    reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises
  10. understatement
    something said in a restrained way for ironic contrast
Created on Wed Jun 04 12:33:05 EDT 2025

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