Ap language Flashcards

2905774279	anaphora	A figure that repeats the first word in succeeding phrases or clauses. It works best in an emotional address before a crowd.	0
2905779073	chiasmus	Arrangement of repeated thoughts in the pattern of X Y Y X. It is often short and summarizes a main idea. ("Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.")	1
2905783323	enthymeme	Rhetoric's version of the syllogism. It stakes a claim and then bases it on commonly accepted opinion. A little packet of logic, it can provide protein to an argument filled with emotion.	2
2905785412	ethos	Argument by character, one of the three "appeals"	3
2905787820	idiom	Inseparable words with a single meaning	4
2905791719	kairos	The rhetorical art of seizing the occasion which covers both timing and the appropriate medium	5
2905793446	litotes	The figure of ironic understatement, usually negative ("We are not amused")	6
2905795168	logos	Argument by logic, one of the three "appeals"	7
2905798070	metaphor	A figure that makes something represent something else	8
2905800624	pathos	Argument by emotion, one of the three "appeals"	9
2905806348	polysyndeton	A figure that links clauses with a repeated conjunction	10
2905809652	red herring	The fallacy of distraction	11
2905812506	slippery slope	The fallacy of dire consequences. It assumes that one choice will necessarily lead to a cascading series of bad choices.	12
2905813987	straw man fallacy	Instead of dealing with the actual issue, it attacks a weaker version of the argument	13
2905815977	synecdoche	The scale-changing figure. It swaps a genus for a species, or a species for a genus.	14
2905820610	rhetoric	The art of persuasion	15
2905827702	antithesis	The figure of contrasting ideas	16
2905830373	fallacy begging the question	assuming something to be true that needs proof	17
2905837000	neologism	The making up of new words	18
2905838206	metonymy	A figure of swap. It makes a part stand for the whole, or vice versa.	19
2905842394	tautology	The redundancy. It's often used in politics to mislead.	20
2907167491	hasty generalization	uses too few example and interprets them broadly	21
2907233553	Alliteration	The repetition of one or more initial consonants in a group of words or lines in a poem	22
2907244545	Analogy	A comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things	23
2907255949	Hyperbole	Overstatement; gross exaggeration for rhetorical effect	24
2907258933	Irony	A mode of expression in which the intended meaning is the opposite of what is stated, often implying ridicule or light sarcasm; A state of affairs of events that is the reverse of what might have been expected.	25
2908365275	concessio	You seem to agree with your opponent, but only use it to your advantage	26
2908378523	the fallacy of reductio ad absudrum	taking an opponents argument to its illogical conclusion. A fallacy in formal logic	27