AP Language Core Vocab Flashcards

4763523440	Audience	the listener, viewer or read of a text	0
4763523441	Concession	an acknowledgment that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable	1
4763523442	Ethos	Greek for "character". Speakers appeal to ethos to demonstrate that they are credible and trustworthy to speak on a given topic. Ethos is established by both who you are and what you say.	2
4763523443	Logos	Speakers appeal to logos, or reason, by offering clear, rational ideas and using specific details, examples, facts, statistics or expert testimony to back them up.	3
4763523444	Occasion	the time and place a speech is given or a piece is written	4
4763523445	Pathos	speakers appeal to pathos to emotionally motivate their audience. More specific appeals to pathos might play on the audience's values, desires, and hopes OR fears and prejudices.	5
4763523446	Persona	the face or character that a speaker shows to his audience	6
4763523447	Purpose	the goal the speaker wants to achieve	7
4763523448	Refutation	a denial of the validity of an opposing argument. In order to sound reasonable, refutation often follow a concession that acknowledges that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable	8
4763523449	Rhetoric	"the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion". The art of finding ways to persuade an audience	9
4763523450	Rhetorical appeals	rhetorical techniques used to persuade an audience by emphasizing what they find most important or compelling	10
4763523451	The three major appeals	ethos (character), logos (reason), pathos (emotion)	11
4763523452	Rhetorical triangle (or Aristotelian triangle)	a diagram that illustrates the interrelationship among the speaker, audience and subject in a text	12
4763523453	SOAPS	subject, occasion, audience, purpose, speaker	13
4763523454	Speaker	person or group who creates the text	14
4763523455	Subject	the topic of a text, what the text is about	15
4763523456	Text	any product that can be "read"	16