AP Language Academic Vocabulary Flashcards

7532191044	rhetoric	language with a purpose (usually persuasive)	0
7532214277	speaker	the voice/writer that is speaking/writing (not necessary the author)	1
7532226549	occasion	the background, environment, setting, framework, or surroundings of events or occurrences	2
7532235110	audience	the person or people receiving the message	3
7532238859	purpose	the goal the speaker wants to achieve	4
7532247528	subject	the topic of a text	5
7532257220	ethos	an appeal that deals primarily with credibility, trustworthiness, and shared values.	6
7532260430	pathos	an appeal that stirs up an emotional response (pity, sympathy, sorrow, etc.)	7
7532274741	logos	an appeal that employs reasoning and logic.	8
7850730163	fallacy	an error in reasoning	9
7850741257	ad hominem	a fallacy that attacks the person rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute	10
7850746370	circular reasoning	a fallacy in which the writer repeats the claim as a way to provide evidence	11
7850917006	strawman	fallacy based on misrepresentation of an opponents position	12
7850922782	slippery slope	the fallacy that if we allow A to happen, then Z will eventually happen too, therefore A should not happen	13
7851019465	burden of proof	the fallacy that the burden of proof lies not with the person making the claim, but with someone else to disprove	14
7851072892	black or white	the fallacy in which you presented two ideas as the only possibilities, when in fact more possibilities exist	15
7851081863	texas sharpshooter	the fallacy in which you cherry-picked a data cluster to suit your argument, or found a pattern to fit a presumption	16