AP Language Vocab 41-60 Flashcards

4814664989	Converse Accident Fallacy	The fallacy of considering certain exceptional cases and generalizing to a rule that fits them alone. (Ex: Wow! Did you see that teenager run that red light? Teenage drivers are really pathetic.)	0
4814666396	Coordinating Conjunction	A conjunction placed between words, phrases, clauses, or sentences. (Ex: And, Or, But)	1
4814666397	Deductive Reasoning	Generalization at the initial stage and then moves on towards the specific case. (Ex: Since all humans are mortal, and I am a human, then I am mortal.)	2
4814668556	Deliberative Rhetoric	Speech or writing that attempts to persuade an audience to take (or not take) some action.	3
4814668557	Demonstrative Rhetoric	Persuasive discourse dealing with values that bring a group together; the rhetoric of ceremony, commemoration, declamation, play, and display	4
4814669913	Denotation	Literary/dictionary meanings of a word in contrast to its associated meanings.	5
4814669914	Diacope	Phrase or word broken up by other intervening (words that may come between) words. (Ex: To be, or not to be.)	6
4814669915	Didactic	Teaching or intending to teach a moral lesson.	7
4814671448	Dubitatio	A rhetorical term for the expression of doubt or uncertainty.	8
4814671449	Ellipsis	A literary device that is used in narratives to omit some parts of a sentence or event; gives the reader a chance to fill the gaps while acting or reading it out. (Ex: "...")	9
4814675052	Enargeia	A visually powerful description that vividly recreates something or someone in words. (Ex: To do is to be. To be is to do. Do be do be do.)	10
4814675053	Enthymeme	An argumentative statement in which the writer or the speaker leaves out one of the major or minor conclusion statements; does not clearly pronounce it.	11
4814675063	Enumeration	A rhetorical device used for listing the details or a process of mentioning words or phrases step by step.	12
4814678282	Epideictic	Designed to display something, especially the skill of the speaker in rhetoric	13
4814678283	Epithet	Literary device that describes a place, a thing or a person in that it helps in making the characteristics of them more prominent than they actually are.	14
4814679834	Equivocation	The use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself.	15
4814679835	Eristic	Literary device in which the writers and speakers engage in a heated argumentation without reaching a conclusion or solving a particular issue	16
4814684305	Erotesis (Rhetorical Question)	A rhetorical question implying strong affirmation or denial.	17
4814684306	Ethos	Represents credibility or an ethical appeal which involves persuasion by the character involved.	18
4814695992	Eunoia	Goodwill towards an audience, either perceived or real; the perception that the speaker has the audience's interest at heart.	19