AP Language Vocab Flashcards

5767390293	rhetoric	act of finding ways to persuade an audience	0
5767401617	audience	listener, reader, viewer of text	1
5767406249	logos	reason, clear, rational, logic	2
5767408562	context	circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, events surrounding text	3
5767430857	purpose	goal the speaker wants to achieve	4
5767438513	rhetorical triangle	illustrates the relationship among speaker, audience, subject	5
5767444201	speaker	person or group who creates a text	6
5767446167	persona	mask, face, or character that a speaker shows the audience	7
5767451794	subject	topic- what the text is about	8
5767453367	SOAPS	Subject Occasion Audience Purpose Speaker -remember various elements in rhetorical situation	9
5767467299	rhetorical appeals	persuade an audience by emphasizing what they find most important -ethos, logos, pathos	10
5767485011	ethos	credibility, trustworthiness	11
5767487731	pathos	emotions, values, empathy, fears	12
5767493033	counterargument	anticipate objections, opposing views	13
5767497204	propagandistic	spread of ideas or info to further cause	14
5767694715	concession	acknowledging an opposing argument as true or reasonable	15
5767701571	refutation	denial of validity of opposing arguments	16
5767510244	connotation	well-known description the audience understands	17
5767522673	satire	sarcasm, irony to criticize	18
5767526873	diction	choice of words	19
5767529017	syntax	arrangement of words	20
5767535413	hyperbole	exaggerated statement	21
5767552032	parallelism	similarity in structure in series of related words, phrases, or clauses	22
5767556061	juxtaposition	placement of 2 things closely together to emphasize similarities or differences	23
5767563496	antithesis	opposition or contrast of ideas or words	24
5767568971	compound sentence	more than 1 subject	25
5767577532	complex sentence	has subordinate clause	26
5767589009	periodic sentence	main clause at the end	27
5767592641	cumulative sentence	main clause at beginning	28
5767594619	imperative sentence	command or enjoin	29
5767621836	hortative sentence	calls to action	30
5767597243	pacing	details revealed quickly or suspense	31
5767603535	figures of speech	word/phrase that adds rhetorical force	32
5767606076	imagery	visual description or figurative language	33
5767608504	oxymoron	contradicting terms	34
5767610547	zeugma	same word- different way	35
5767613731	anaphora	repetition of word/phrase -beginning of lines	36
5767627670	alliteration	repetition of same consonant sound	37
5767641492	antimetabole	repetition of words in reverse order	38
5767635814	allusion	brief reference to person, event, etc.	39
5767649573	archaic diction	old fashioned/outdated choice of words	40
5767655109	asyndeton	emission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words	41
5767666970	inversion	inverted order of words in a sentence	42
5767675231	rhetorical question	question for effect not answer	43
5767678575	synecdoche	uses part to represent whole	44
5767683724	tone	attitude of writer	45
5767683725	mood	feeling writer creates	46
5767741526	paradox	statement that seems self-contradictory on the surface, with closer examination, may have underlying truth	47