AP LANGUAGE Flashcards

5011664254	rhetoric	the art of persuasion	0
5011664255	audience	listener, viewer, or reader of a text or performance	1
5011664256	texts	cultural products that can be read (consumed, comprehended, & investigated)	2
5011664257	occasion	the time and place the text was written or spoken	3
5011664258	context	the circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surround the text	4
5011664259	purpose	the goal the speaker wants to achieve	5
5011664260	rhetorical triangle	relationship among the speaker, audience, and subject	6
5011664261	persona	the role the speaker plays when delivering the speech	7
5011664262	subject	the topic	8
5011664263	soaps	acronym for subject, occasion, audience, purpose, and speaker	9
5011664264	rhetorical appeals	tools of rhetoric to persuade an audience (ethos, pathos, logos)	10
5053526024	ethos	to demonstrate that the author is credible and trustworthy; appeals to ethos often emphasize shared values between the speaker and the audience	11
5053526025	logos	reason; offers clear, rational ideas.; thinking logically- having a clear main idea and using specific details, examples, facts, statistics, or expert testimony to back it up	12
5053526026	counterargument	to anticipate objections or opposing views	13
5053526027	concession	agreement that the opposing argument may be true or reasonable	14
5053526028	refutation	to deny the validity of all part of the argument	15
5053526029	pathos	an appeal to emotions, values, desires, and hopes, or fears and prejudices	16