AP Language and Composition: Set 4 Flashcards

4343698210	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	0
4343698211	Parallelism	The repetition of similar grammatical or syntactical patterns.	1
4343701786	Pathos	A Greek term that refers to suffering but has come to be associated with broader appeals to emotion; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals (see ethos and logos).	2
4343701787	Persona	The speaker, voice, or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing.	3
4343704104	Trope	Artful diction; the use of language in a non-literal way; also called a figure of speech.	4
4343704105	Polemic	An argument against an idea, usually regarding philosophy, politics, or religion.	5
4343706145	Premise	major, minor two parts of a syllogism. The concluding sentence of a syllogism takes its predicate from the major premise and its subject from the minor premise.	6
4343708258	Simple Sentence	A statement containing a subject and predicate; an independent clause.	7
4343710352	Subject	In rhetoric, the topic addressed in a piece of writing.	8
4343711790	Purpose	One's intention or objective in a speech or piece of writing.	9
4343711791	Refute	To discredit an argument, particularly a counterargument.	10
4343711792	Rhetoric	The study of effective, persuasive language use; according to Aristotle, use of the "available means of persuasion."	11
4343713259	Rhetorical modes	Patterns of organization developed to achieve a specific purpose; modes include but are not limited to narration, description, comparison and contrast, cause and effect, definition, exemplification, classification and division, process analysis, and argumentation.	12
4343713260	Synthesize	Combining or bringing together two or more elements to produce something more complex.	13
4343715419	Rhetorical triangle	A diagram that represents a rhetorical situation as the relationship among the speaker, the subject, and the audience (see Aristotelian triangle).	14
4591821493	Thesis statement	A statement of the central idea in a work may be explicit or implicit.	15
4591823007	Subordination	The dependence of one syntactical element on another in a sentence.	16