AP Language Terms for Course Flashcards

3760717310	GENRE	A literary type or form, a category or type of literature (or of art, music, etc.) characterized by a particular form, style, or content.	0
3760717311	TONE	A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels.	1
3760717312	AUDIENCE	One's listener or readership; those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed.	2
3760717313	PURPOSE	Intent or reason.	3
3760717314	STANCE	A speaker's attitude toward the audience (differing from tone, the speaker's attitude toward the subject).	4
3760717315	CONTEXT	Conditions, including facts, social/historical background, time and place, etc., surrounding a given situation.	5
3760717316	MEDIUM	A means for sending information; a technique, material, or means of expression available to an artist.	6
3760717317	DESIGN	A plan or to plan. The organization or composition of a work; the skilled arrangement of its parts.	7
3760717318	STYLE	A basic or distinct mode of expression that can be applied to characters or paragraphs.	8
3760717319	RHETORIC	From the Greek for "orator," this term describes the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively.	9
3760717320	ARGUMENT	Presented by a writer, a piece that claims, supports, asserts, defends, refutes, challenges or qualifies an opinion.	10
3760717321	SYNTHESIS	The combination of parts to make a whole. In writing, many sources are used to generate an outside opinion.	11
3760717322	ANNOTATE	Add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments.	12
3760717323	ANALYZE	Break down in order to bring out the essential elements or structure; examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of (something, esp. information), typically for purposes of explanation and interpretation	13
3760717324	POSITION	Approved opinion/judgement that authors are expected to support.	14
3760717327	LOGOS	A Greek term that means "word;" an appeal to logic; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals.	15
3760717328	ETHOS	A Greek term referring to/appealing to the character of a person; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals.	16
3760717329	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.	17
3760717330	ORGANIZATION	A systematic, purposeful arrangement designed to accomplish some specific purpose.	18
3760717331	STRUCTURE	The internal organization of a piece.	19
3760717332	FORM	The external pattern or shape of writing; not referring to content.	20
3760717333	SYNTAX	The way words are arranged to form phrases, clauses and sentences.	21
3760717334	IMAGERY	Language that appeals to the senses and evokes a picture or sensation.	22
3760717335	FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE	Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.	23
3760717336	DICTION	A writer's or speaker's choice of words.	24
3760717337	ALLUSION	A reference to another work of literature, person, or event.	25
3760717338	ANALOGY	A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way.	26
3760717339	PARALLELISM	Phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other.	27
3760717340	JUXTAPOSITION	Placing two elements side by side to present a comparison or contrast.	28
3760717341	SYLLOGISM	A form of reasoning in which two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from them. A syllogism is the format of a formal argument that consists of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.	29