AP Language Slanters Flashcards
the bias thru slanters definitions
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| 4006754869 | labeling | the use of connotations (loaded language) - ex. freedom fighter, guerrilla, rebel, terrorist | 0 | |
| 4006754870 | rhetorical analogy | the use of similes and metaphors - ex. like a pit bull with lipstick | 1 | |
| 4006754871 | rhetorical definition | charged or strong language - ex. capital punishment as "government-sanctioned murder" | 2 | |
| 4006754872 | rhetorical explanation | when opinion is presented as fact - ex. "he didn't have the guts to fight" | 3 | |
| 4006754873 | innuendo | implied/reading between the lines - ex. "think carefully about whom you choose; you want a president who will be ready to do the job on day one" | 4 | |
| 4006754874 | downplaying | making a littler deal out of a big one - ex. "so-called skeptics" | 5 | |
| 4006754875 | hyperbole | exaggeration - ex. "this school administration is fascist" | 6 | |
| 4006754876 | truth surragates | fake truth, hinting that proof exists when it doesn't - ex. "according to an insider" | 7 | |
| 4006754877 | ridicule/sarcasm | making fun of the subject - ex. the language seeks to evoke a laugh or sarcastically mock the subject | 8 |