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AP Language Vocab 2 Flashcards

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8728200497ExigenceThe need or demand intrinsic to a circumstance or condition The push from behind that prompts the author to write or speak0
8728200498AudienceWho the author is addressing/ the person for whom piece is intended1
8728203498PurposeThe author's intention in a piece. (What are they trying to accomplish?) Can be to inform, entertain, to persuade, or to call to action2
8728203499EthosAppeal to ethics or authority. ( credentials, experience, etc) Can sometimes use character to persuade3
8728203500PathosAppeals to emotion. Used to persuade by arousing feelings of pity, sorrow, etc4
8728207040LogosAppealing to logic/ An argument using reasoning or rational principles5
8728207041DictionWord choice the author uses. . May also refer to the general character of language being used6
8728209623SyntaxThe arrangement- the ordering, grouping, and placement- of words within a sentence This is also a component of grammar7
8728209624ImageryVisually descriptive language used by the author to convey a picture or to create sensory experience8
8728212911Figurative LanguageLanguage used with one or more figures of speech to supplement/modify the literal meaning9
8728218006NarrativeA written or spoken account of a story/connected events10
8728220218JuxtapositionPlacing two things "side by side" or close together in order to emphasize the difference between them. Example: "You can't teach an old dog new tricks"11
8728220219DescriptionPainting a picture in words using sensory details (such as sound, sight, taste, touch, and smell)12
8728224079Point of ViewThe narrator's position in relation to the story being told13
8728224080AnecdoteA brief narrative about a particular moment (used as evidence for a claim)14
8728230197Rhetorical ModesDescribes the variety, conventions, and purposes of writing and speaking. (The most common are narration, description, exposition, and argumentation)15
8728230198ClicheAn overused phrase or expression. This betrays a lack of original thought.16
8728234107Rhetorical DevicesUses words in a certain way to convey meaning or to persuade. It can also be a technique to evoke an emotion on the part of the reader or audience.17
8728234108Fused SentenceA run-on sentence Occurs when a writer has connected two main clauses with no punctuation18
8728237881StyleThis describes the ways that the author uses words, sentence structure, figurative language, and sentence arrangement to establish mood, images, and meaning in the text. (The way an author writes)19

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