AP Language Flashcards

8199446914	Audience	the intended reader of a piece	0
8199446915	Concession	An acknowledgment that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable	1
8199446916	Connotation	Meanings or associations that readers have with a word beyond its dictionary definition	2
8199714850	Context	The circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surrounding a text.	3
8199714851	Counterargument	An opposing argument to the one a writer is putting forward.	4
8199714852	Ethos	Speaker's credibility	5
8199714853	Logos	Using specific details, examples, facts, statistics.	6
8199714854	occasion	the time and place a speech is given or a piece is written	7
8199714855	Pathos	Appeal to emotion	8
8199714856	Persona	Greek for "mask." The face or character that a speaker shows to his or her audience.	9
8199714857	polemic	an aggressive argument against a specific opinion	10
8199714858	Propaganda	The spread of ideas and information to further a cause	11
8199714859	purpose	the goal the speaker wants to achieve	12
8199714860	Refutation	A denial of the validity of an opposing argument	13
8199714861	Rhetoric	The art of using language effectively and persuasively	14
8199714862	rhetoric appeals	ethos, logos, pathos. Used to persuade an audience by emphasizing what they find most important or compelling	15
8199714863	rhetorical triangle (Aristotelian triangle)	A diagram that illustrates the interrelationship among the speaker, audience, and subject in determining a text.	16
8199714864	SOAPS	A mnemonic device that stands for Subject, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, and Speaker.	17
8199714865	Speaker	The person or group who creates a text	18
8199948225	subject	the topic of a text	19
8199948226	Text	While this term generally means the written word, in the humanities it has to come to mean any cultural product that can be "read"- meaning not just consumed, but investigated. This includes fiction, nonfiction,poetry, political cartoons, fine art, photography, fashion, culture trends.	20
8199948227	Audience	Gehrig's _______ was his teammates and fans in the stadium that day, but it was also the teams he played against, the fans listening on the radio, and posterity—us.	21
8199948228	concession	Lou Gehrig concedes what some of his listeners may think- that his bad break is a cause for discouragement or despair	22
8199948229	Connotation	The cat is plump. The cat is fat. The cat is obese.	23
8199948230	Context	The _________ speech is his	24