AP Language Flashcards

7221610382	Pathos	Appeals to belief and feelings of higher emotion	0
7221655720	Logos	Appeals to logical reasoning ability of readers	1
7221655721	Ethos	Sense you give as being competent/fair/authority	2
7221655722	Rhetorical Question	A question a speaker uses to provoke thought	3
7221610383	Parallelism	Using the same gramatical structre or syntax repeatedly	4
7221610384	Anecdote	A short personal story. Having the reader relate to the speaker.	5
7221618664	Metaphor	A direct comparison that doesn't use comparison words	6
7221618665	Simile	Comparison using comparison words	7
7221655723	Alliteration	The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words	8
7221655724	Hyperbole	Using exaggeration to make effect	9
7221655725	Personification	Giving human or lifelike qualities to things that aren't	10
7221655726	Allusion	Make reference to a well known person, place, or events	11
7221655727	Tone	The feeling of emotions that an author communicates	12
7221655728	Mood	Feeling that is created in the reader or listener by the authors words	13
7255001246	Anaphora	The repetition of the same words or phase at the beginning of successive phrases or sentences	14
7255001247	Diction	An authors choice of words, used to convey tone	15
7255001248	Imagery	Use of words to appeal to the readers feeling	16
7266580262	Syntax	The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language	17