5971068315 | Rhetoric | Available means of persuasion | 0 | |
5971068316 | Aristotle | Used a triangle to explain the relationship between audience, speaker and subject | 1 | |
5971068317 | SOAPS | subject, occasion, audience, purpose, speaker | 2 | |
5971068318 | Ethos | Appeal to character | 3 | |
5971068319 | Logos | Appeal to reason through clear rational ideas, appeal to logic | 4 | |
5971068320 | Pathos | Appeal to emotion | 5 | |
5971068321 | The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | Anaphora | 6 | |
5971068322 | To place two concepts, characters, ideas, or places near or next to each other so that the reader will compare and contrast them | Juxtaposition | 7 | |
5971068323 | Tone | A general character or attitude of a piece of writing toward a subject or an audience | 8 | |
5971068324 | Indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance | Allusion | 9 | |
5971068325 | Syntax | How words from different parts of speech are put together in order to convey a complete thought | 10 | |
5971068326 | Intentionally eliminating conjunctions between phrases and I. The sentence yet maintaining the grammatical accuracy | Asyndeton | 11 | |
5971068327 | Several coordinating conjunctions are used in succession in order to achieve an artistic effect | Polysyndeton | 12 | |
5971068328 | The use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same or similar in construction, sound, meaning or meter | Parallelism | 13 | |
5971068329 | A number of words, usually three or more, that have the same first consonant sound, in the same sentence or phrase | Alliteration | 14 | |
5971068330 | Comparison using like or as | Simile | 15 | |
5971068331 | Comparison | Metaphor | 16 | |
5971068332 | An arrangement of words addressing a non-existent person or an abstract idea in such a way as if it were present and capable of understanding feelings | Apostrophe | 17 | |
5971068333 | Exaggerated statements or claims | Hyperbole | 18 | |
5971068334 | Meaning that is implied by a word apart from its dictionary definition | Connotation | 19 | |
5971068335 | Dictionary definition | Denotation | 20 | |
5971068336 | A short and interesting story or an amusing event often proposed to support or demonstrate some point | Anecdote | 21 |
AP Language and Composition Midterm Flashcards
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