Vocabulary 1 AP Language Flashcards

4768579693	Audience	The listener, viewer, or reader of a text	0
4768579694	Context	The circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surrounding a text	1
4768579695	Ethos	Greek for "character". Speakers appeal to _____ to demonstrate that they are credible and trustworthy to speak on a given topic	2
4768579696	Logos	Greek for "embodied thought". Speakers appeal to _____, or reason, by offering clear, rational ideas and using specific details, examples, facts, statistics, or expert testimony to back them up	3
4768579697	Occasion	The time and place a speech is given or a piece is written	4
4768579698	Pathos	Greek for "suffering" or "experience". Speakers appeal to ______ to emotionally motivate their audience; might play on the audience's values, desires, and hopes, or fears and prejudices	5
4768579699	Persona	Greek for "mask". The face or character that a speaker shows to his or her audience	6
4768579700	Polemic	Greek for "hostile". And aggressive argument that tries to establish the superiority of one opinion over all others.	7
4768579701	Propaganda	The spread of ideas and information to further a cause	8
4768579702	Purpose	The goal the speaker wants to achieve	9
4768579703	Rhetorical appeals	Rhetorical techniques used to persuade an audience by emphasizing what they find most important or compelling.	10
4768579704	Rhetorical triangle	A diagram that illustrates the interrelationship among the speaker, audience, and subject in determining a text	11
4768579705	Rhetoric	The communication between a speaker and an audience rationally exchanging opposing viewpoints using an academic voice in order to persuade	12
4768579706	Posterity	Reference to all future generations	13
4768579707	SOAPS	Subject, occupation, audience, purpose, speaker	14
4768579708	Repudiate	Refuse to accept or be associated with	15
4768579709	Speaker	The person or group who creates a text	16
4768579710	Subject	The topic of a text	17