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| 12089989182 | Ethos | the credibility of the speaker | 0 | |
| 12089989183 | Pathos | Appeal to emotion | 1 | |
| 12089989184 | Logos | an appeal based on logic or reason | 2 | |
| 12089989185 | Attitude | Authors opinion | 3 | |
| 12089989186 | Audience | the intended reader | 4 | |
| 12089989187 | Connotation | How a word makes you feel | 5 | |
| 12089989188 | Context | The extra-textual environment | 6 | |
| 12089989189 | Denotation | The dictionary definition | 7 | |
| 12089989190 | Diction | Style of language used | 8 | |
| 12089989191 | Evidence | Information to persuade the audience | 9 | |
| 12089989192 | figurative language | The use of language in a non-literal way | 10 | |
| 12089989193 | Imagery | Description that appeals to the senses | 11 | |
| 12089989194 | Implication | Something is suggested without being said | 12 | |
| 12089989195 | Irony | the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite | 13 | |
| 12089989196 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two very different things together for effect | 14 | |
| 12089989197 | Occasion | The reason of writing | 15 | |
| 12089989198 | Organization | How the parts of an argument are arranged | 16 | |
| 12089989199 | Purpose | Persuasive intention | 17 | |
| 12089989200 | Repetition | Reusing of word/phase | 18 | |
| 12089989201 | Rhetoric | Use of word to convey ideas | 19 | |
| 12089989202 | Speaker | Person adopted by the author | 20 | |
| 12089989203 | Style | The author's own personal approach | 21 | |
| 12089989204 | Sybolism | Using a symbol to refer to an idea or concept | 22 | |
| 12089989205 | Syntax | The way sentences are grammatically constructed. | 23 | |
| 12089989206 | Tone | the author's attitude toward a subject | 24 | |
| 12089989207 | Voice | Authors unique sound | 25 | |
| 12089989208 | Brutus | Husband of Portia, joins & leave the conspiracy | 26 | |
| 12089989209 | Caesar | Emperor of Rome, suffer from falling sickness | 27 | |
| 12089989210 | Portia | Wife of Brutus | 28 | |
| 12089989211 | Cassius | gets Brutus to join | 29 | |
| 12089989212 | Calpurnia | wife of Caesar | 30 | |
| 12089989213 | Antony | 2nd in command, agrees to nephew's death | 31 | |
| 12089989214 | Artemidorus | Tries to warn Caesar | 32 | |
| 12089989215 | Marullus | tribune who breaks up the crowd celebrating Caesar | 33 | |
| 12089989216 | Octavius | Caesar's nephew | 34 | |
| 12089989217 | Pompey | Ruler before Caesar | 35 | |
| 12089989218 | Decius | Persuades Caesar to attend Senate meeting | 36 | |
| 12089989219 | Plutarch | Wrote the history of Julius Caesar | 37 | |
| 12089989220 | Ligarius | Joined the movement because of Brutus | 38 | |
| 12089989221 | Lucius | servant to Brutus | 39 | |
| 12089989222 | Casca | First to stab Caesar | 40 | |
| 12089989223 | soothsayer | "Beware the ides of March" | 41 | |
| 12089989224 | Caesar | "Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look. Such men are dangerous" | 42 | |
| 12089989225 | Artemidorus | "If you read this, o Caesar, thou may live" | 43 | |
| 12089989226 | Antony | "You have forgot the will I told you of." | 44 | |
| 12089989227 | Brutus | "By your pardon. I will myself into the pulpit first, and show no reason of our Caesar's death" | 45 | |
| 12089989228 | Cassius | "Now let it work. Mischief, thou art afoot. Take thou what course thou wilt." | 46 | |
| 12089989229 | Tintinus | "Our deeds are done. Mistrust of my success hath done this deed." | 47 | |
| 12089989230 | Brutus | "Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more." | 48 | |
| 12089989231 | Ghost of Caesar | "To tell thee thou shalt see me at Phillips." | 49 | |
| 12089989232 | Brutus | "I Julius Caesar, thou art mighty yet! Thy spirit walks abroad, and turns our swords in our own proper entrails." | 50 | |
| 12089989233 | Nick Carraway | Narrator, tries not to judge people | 51 | |
| 12089989234 | Daisy Buchanan | Wears white, talks quite to people can come closer | 52 | |
| 12089989235 | Tom Buchanan | Wealthy, discontinued athlete | 53 | |
| 12089989236 | Jordan Baker | Romantically involved with Nick, professional golfer | 54 | |
| 12089989237 | Jay Gatsby | Rich man who follows his dream for five years | 55 | |
| 12089989238 | Owl eyes | Questions Gatsby's story | 56 | |
| 12089989239 | Meyer Wolfsheim | Fixed 1919 World Series | 57 | |
| 12089989240 | Dr. T.J. Eckleburg | Eye doctor with a billboard in the Valley of Ashes | 58 | |
| 12089989241 | Myrtle Wilson | Tom's mistress | 59 | |
| 12089989242 | George Wilson | Shoots Gatsby, owns a garage | 60 | |
| 12089989243 | Klipspringer | the "boarder" who plays the piano | 61 | |
| 12089989244 | Michaelis | Witness of the accident | 62 | |
| 12089989245 | Valley of Ashes | George and Myrtle live here, Dumping ground | 63 | |
| 12089989246 | East Egg | old money, home of Tom & Daisy | 64 | |
| 12089989247 | West egg | new money, home of Gatsby & Nick | 65 | |
| 12089989248 | New York City | Tom & Myrtle apartments | 66 | |
| 12089989249 | Louisville | Daisy's hometown, where she meets Gatsby | 67 | |
| 12089989250 | Eyes of T.J. Eckleburg | Eyes of God | 68 | |
| 12089989251 | The Green light | Gatsby's goal | 69 | |
| 12089989252 | The puppy | Myrtle double life | 70 | |
| 12089989253 | Daisy to Gatsby | She is he's ideal obsession | 71 | |
| 12089989254 | Why does Gatsby give huge parties? | Hope to run into daisy | 72 | |
| 12089989255 | How does Nick describe Tom & daisy in the end? | Careless | 73 | |
| 12089989256 | Why doesn't anyone come to Gatsby's funeral? | No know actually knows him | 74 | |
| 12089989257 | Argument | Evidence and reasoning | 75 | |
| 12089989258 | Rogerian Argument | Full understanding of an issue | 76 | |
| 12089989259 | Claims of facts | True or false | 77 | |
| 12089989260 | claims of value | Good or bad | 78 | |
| 12089989261 | Claims of Policy | proposes a change | 79 | |
| 12089989262 | closed thesis | Main idea previews the major points | 80 | |
| 12089989263 | open thesis | Does not list any points | 81 | |
| 12089989264 | counter arguing thesis | Summary of opposition | 82 | |
| 12089989265 | Logical fallacies | Weakness in argument | 83 | |
| 12089989266 | Introduction | Introduces the reader to the subject | 84 | |
| 12089989267 | Narration | Factual information | 85 | |
| 12089989268 | Confirmation | Includes proof | 86 | |
| 12089989269 | Refutation | Address opposition | 87 | |
| 12089989270 | Conclusion | brings the essay to a satisfying close | 88 | |
| 12089989271 | Toulmin Model | Uncovers the assumption | 89 | |
| 12089989272 | Warrant | Express your assumption | 90 | |
| 12089989273 | Assumption | Your position | 91 | |
| 12089989274 | Backing | Assurances of data | 92 | |
| 12089989275 | Qualifier | tempers the claim, presents a question | 93 | |
| 12089989276 | Reservation | explains the qualifier | 94 | |
| 12089989277 | Rebuttal | Gives voice to possible objections | 95 |
AP Language and Composition Unit 9 Flashcards
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| 8982345359 | abate | (v.) to make less in amount, degree, ect.; to subside, become less; to nullify; to deduct, omit | 0 | |
| 8982350496 | adulation | (n.) praise or flattery that is excessive | 1 | |
| 8982353251 | anathema | (n.) an object of intense dislike; a curse or strong denunciation (often used adjectively without the article) | 2 | |
| 8982361355 | astute | (adj.) shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom | 3 | |
| 8982364589 | avarice | (n.) a greedy desire, particularly for wealth | 4 | |
| 8982368796 | culpable | (adj.) deserving blame, worthy of condemnation | 5 | |
| 8982371320 | dilatory | (adj.) tending to delay or procrastinate, not prompt; intended to delay or postpone | 6 | |
| 8982377781 | egregious | (adj.) conspicuous, standing out from the mass (used particularly in an unfavorable sense) | 7 | |
| 8982384860 | equivocate | (v.) to speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation; to be deliberately vague or ambiguous | 8 | |
| 8982392168 | evanescent | (adj.) vanishing, soon passing away; light and airy | 9 | |
| 8982396341 | irresolute | (adj.) unable to make up one's mind, hesitating | 10 | |
| 8982399501 | nebulous | (adj.) cloudlike, resembling a cloud; cloudy in color, not transparent; vague, confused, indistinct | 11 | |
| 8982406925 | novice | (n.) one who is just a beginner at some activity requiring skill and experience (also used adjectively) | 12 | |
| 8982412253 | penury | (n.) extreme poverty; barrenness, insufficiency | 13 | |
| 8982415937 | pretentious | (adj.) done for show, striving to make a big impression; claiming merit or position unjustifiably; making demands on one's skill or abilities, ambitious | 14 | |
| 8982423880 | recapitulate | (v.) review a series of facts; to sum up | 15 | |
| 8982427165 | resuscitate | (v.) to revive, bring back to consciousness or existence | 16 | |
| 8982432554 | slovenly | (adj.) untidy, dirty, careless | 17 | |
| 8982434669 | supposition | (n.) something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence | 18 | |
| 8982438201 | torpid | (adj.) inactive, sluggish, dull | 19 |
AP Language and Composition Flashcards
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| 14674198847 | Active voice | In grammar, an active voice is a type of clause or sentence in which a subject performs an action and expresses it through its representative verb; when a subject performs an action directly, it is an active voice | 0 | |
| 14674198848 | ad hominem | Directed against a person rather than the position they are maintaining | 1 | |
| 14674198849 | Allegory | a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. | 2 | |
| 14674198850 | Alliteration | the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. | 3 | |
| 14674198851 | Allusion | an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. | 4 | |
| 14674198852 | Ambiguity | the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness. | 5 | |
| 14674198853 | Analogy | A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way | 6 | |
| 14674198854 | Anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | 7 | |
| 14674198855 | Anastrophe | Inversion of the natural or usual word order | 8 | |
| 14674198856 | anecdote | a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person | 9 | |
| 14674198857 | Antithesis | a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else | 10 | |
| 14674198858 | Aphorism | a pithy observation that contains a general truth, such as, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." | 11 | |
| 14674198859 | Apostrophe | a figure of speech sometimes represented by exclamation "O". A writer or a speaker, using an apostrophe, detaches himself from the reality and addresses an imaginary character in his speech. | 12 | |
| 14674198860 | Asyndeton | the omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence. | 13 | |
| 14674198861 | Bandwagon | Used in reference to an activity, cause, etc. that is currently fashionable or popular | 14 | |
| 14674198862 | Chiasmus | a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form ex: "poetry is the record of the best and happiest memories of the happiest and best minds" | 15 | |
| 14674198863 | Connotation | an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. | 16 | |
| 14674198864 | Deductive | characterized by or based on the inference of particular instances from a general law. | 17 | |
| 14674198865 | Denotation | the literal meaning of a word | 18 | |
| 14674198866 | Diction | A writer's or speaker's choice of words | 19 | |
| 14674198867 | Ethos | Ethical appeal | 20 | |
| 14674198868 | Euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant | 21 | |
| 14674198869 | fallacy | (n.) a false notion or belief; an error in thinking | 22 | |
| 14674198870 | fugurative language | When you use a word or phrase that does not have its normal everyday meaning | 23 | |
| 14674198871 | Hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. | 24 | |
| 14674198872 | Imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) | 25 | |
| 14674198873 | Inductive | characterized by the inference of general laws from particular instances. | 26 | |
| 14674198874 | Irony | the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. | 27 | |
| 14674198875 | Jargon | special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand. | 28 | |
| 14674198876 | Juxtaposition | the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect. | 29 | |
| 14674198877 | Logos | Appeal to logic | 30 | |
| 14674198878 | Metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. | 31 | |
| 14674198879 | Mood | Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader | 32 | |
| 14674198880 | Onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | 33 | |
| 14674198881 | Oxymoron | a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction | 34 | |
| 14674198882 | Paradox | a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true. | 35 | |
| 14674198883 | passive voice | the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb | 36 | |
| 14674198884 | Pathos | Appeal to emotion | 37 | |
| 14674198885 | Personification | the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. | 38 | |
| 14674198886 | point of view | a particular attitude or way of considering a matter. | 39 | |
| 14674198887 | Poisoning the Well | Discrediting a person's claim by presenting unfavorable information (true or false) about the person. Person B attacking Person A before Person A can make his/her claim. Example: 'John, an abusive alcoholic, will now give his argument for the legalization of public drinking'. | 40 | |
| 14674198888 | Pun | a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings. | 41 | |
| 14674198889 | Red Herring | something, especially a clue, that is or is intended to be misleading or distracting. | 42 | |
| 14674198890 | Repetition | Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis | 43 | |
| 14674198891 | Rhertoric | The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques | 44 | |
| 14674198892 | rhetorical question | A question asked to create a dramatic effect or make a point rather than to get an answer | 45 | |
| 14674198893 | Satire | the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. | 46 | |
| 14674198894 | Simile | A comparison of two unlike things using like or as | 47 | |
| 14674198895 | Straw Man | When a writer argues against a claim that nobody actually holds or is universally considered weak. | 48 | |
| 14674198896 | Style | the choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work | 49 | |
| 14674198897 | Syllogism | A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion. | 50 | |
| 14674198898 | Symbol | A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract. | 51 | |
| 14674198899 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 52 | |
| 14674198900 | Syntax | Sentence structure | 53 | |
| 14674198901 | Synthesis | combining parts into a whole | 54 | |
| 14674198902 | Theme | Central idea of a work of literature | 55 | |
| 14674198903 | Thesis | a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved. | 56 | |
| 14674198904 | Tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character | 57 | |
| 14674198905 | Understatement | the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. | 58 | |
| 14674198906 | Zeugma | use of two different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous, meanings | 59 |
Period 1 Ap World History Flashcards
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| 13434569430 | Patriarchy | A form of social organization in which males dominate females | 0 | |
| 13434593768 | Matriarchy | A society ruled or controlled by women | 1 | |
| 13434605115 | Clan | a group of related families | 2 | |
| 13434663507 | Tribe | Any system of social organization made up of villages, bands, or other groups with a common ancestry, language, culture, and name | 3 | |
| 13434682825 | Caste System | A Indian social class system that controlled every aspect of daily life | 4 | |
| 13434703654 | Theocracy | a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god. | 5 | |
| 13448952278 | Monarchy | A government ruled by a king or queen | 6 | |
| 13448963207 | City-state | a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state. | 7 | |
| 13448974519 | Village | a community of people smaller than a town | 8 | |
| 13448978337 | Hierarchy | a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority. | 9 | |
| 13448983376 | Deforestation | the action of clearing a wide area of trees. | 10 | |
| 13448990545 | Desertification | the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. | 11 | |
| 13449002148 | barter | Exchange goods without involving money. | 12 | |
| 13449014185 | Polytheism | Belief in many gods | 13 | |
| 13449020012 | Naturalism | a style and theory of representation based on the accurate depiction of detail. | 14 | |
| 13449020013 | Animism | Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life. | 15 | |
| 13449023314 | Monotheism | Belief in one God | 16 | |
| 13449023315 | ziggurats | temples built by Sumerians to honor the gods and goddesses they worshiped | 17 | |
| 13449031852 | ancestor worship or veneration | praying to, piously remembering, or religiously honoring one's deceased family members | 18 | |
| 13449035480 | Mandate or Heaven | The right to rule is granted by heaven; based on virtue of the ruler | 19 | |
| 13449088440 | Fertile Crescent | A geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates | 20 | |
| 13449102459 | Epic of Gilgamesh | An epic poem from Mesopotamia, and among the earliest known works of literary writing. | 21 | |
| 13449114330 | Hammurabi's Code | a set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life in Babylonian empire | 22 | |
| 13449133772 | Cuneiform | A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets. | 23 | |
| 13449133773 | Hieroglyphics | An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds | 24 | |
| 13449139449 | Papyrus | A long-lasting, paper-like material made from reeds | 25 | |
| 13449142727 | Paleolithic Age | (750,000 BCE - 10,000 B.C.E.) Old Stone Age. A period of time in human history characterized by the use of stone tools and the use of hunting and gathering as a food source. | 26 | |
| 13449151607 | Neolithic Age | "New Stone Age"; About 10,000 years ago marked by advances in the production of stone tools. Shift from hunting and gathering to agriculture | 27 | |
| 13449151608 | Metallurgy | the branch of science and technology concerned with the properties of metals and their production and purification. | 28 | |
| 13449158129 | Surplus of Food and what it allowed for | Excess of food which allowed villages to increase their populations | 29 | |
| 13449162795 | Division of labor | Division of work into a number of separate tasks to be performed by different workers | 30 |
AP Language Vocabulary Week 3 Flashcards
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| 14865008997 | dem, demo | people | 0 | |
| 14865012222 | flect, flex | bend | 1 | |
| 14865015343 | graph | to write, record draw describe | 2 | |
| 14865018914 | genu | knee | 3 | |
| 14865021905 | mort | death | 4 | |
| 14865025736 | humus | ground | 5 | |
| 14865025737 | ante | before, in front of | 6 | |
| 14865030498 | pan | all | 7 | |
| 14865034636 | en-, em- | into cause, cover with | 8 | |
| 14865038460 | post | after, behind | 9 | |
| 14865042762 | de | away from | 10 | |
| 14865046348 | in | in, into | 11 | |
| 14865050648 | deflect | to turn aside (vb.) | 12 | |
| 14865053930 | antechamber | an outer room that leads to another waiting room (Noun) | 13 | |
| 14865065576 | postmortem | examination of a body to decide the cause of death (adj.) | 14 | |
| 14865078539 | demographic | record of human population (noun??) | 15 | |
| 14865091552 | flexor | a muscle that bends a part of the body, such as an arm or a leg (noun) | 16 | |
| 14865101186 | antedate | to date something with a date earlier than that of actual writing (Vb.) | 17 | |
| 14865113567 | endemic | affecting a certain group of people (adj.) | 18 | |
| 14865122076 | posthumous | following or happening after one's death (adj.) | 19 | |
| 14865131210 | genuflect | to kneel and then rise in a show of respect (Vb.) | 20 | |
| 14865139486 | antermeridian | before noon (adj.) | 21 | |
| 14865146625 | pandemic | affecting all people (noun) | 22 | |
| 14865151693 | inflection | change in pitch or tone of voice (noun) | 23 | |
| 14865162852 | postmodern | movement in art that occurred after WW2 (adj.) | 24 | |
| 14865178737 | anterior | located before or toward the front, before in time (adj.) | 25 | |
| 14865189346 | demotic | popular or common (adj.) | 26 |
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