AP Language Chapter 1 Vocabulary, AP Language Chapter 2 Vocabulary Flashcards

5408802745	audience	One's listener or readership; those to whom text is addressed	0
5408802746	concession	An argumentative strategy by which a speaker or writer acknowledges the validity of an opponent's point	1
5408802747	connotation	An implied meaning of a word	2
5408802748	context	Words, events, or circumstances that help determine meaning	3
5408802749	counterargument	An opposing argument to the one a writer is putting forward	4
5408802750	ethos	An appeal to an audience's sense of morality/trust; Achieved by projecting an image of credibility which supports the speaker's position	5
5408802751	logos	An appeal based on logic or reason	6
5408802752	occasion	The time and place a speech is given or a piece is written	7
5408802753	pathos	An appeal to emotion	8
5408802754	persona	The face or character that a speaker shows to his/her audience	9
5408802755	polemic	Controversial argument, esp. one attacking a specific idea	10
5408802756	propaganda	Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause.	11
5408802757	purpose	One's intention or objective in a speech or piece of writing.	12
5408802758	refutation	a denial of the validity of an opposing argument	13
5408802759	rhetoric	The art of using language effectively and persuasively	14
5408802760	rhetorical appeals	Rhetorical techniques used to persuade an audience by emphasizing what they find most important or compelling. The three major appeals are to ethos (character), logos (reason), and pathos (emotion)	15
5408802761	rhetorical triangle	A diagram that represents a rhetorical situation as the relationship among the speaker, the subject, and the audience (see Aristotelian triangle)	16
5408802762	speaker	A term used for the author, speaker, or the person whose perspective (real or imagined) is being advanced in a text	17
5408802763	subject	In rhetoric, the topic addressed in a piece of text	18
5408802764	text	Any cultural product that can be "read", meaning consumed, comprehended, and investigated. Fiction, Nonfiction, poetry, speeches, fine art, cartoons, cultural trends, performances, etc	19
5408802765	tone	Attitudes and presuppositions of the author that are revealed by their linguistic choices (diction, syntax, rhetorical devices)	20
5408802766	alliteration	Repetition of the same sound beginning several words or syllables in sequence.	21
5408802767	allusion	A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art.	22
5408802768	anaphora	Repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences.	23
5408802769	antimetabole	Repetition of words in reverse order.	24
5408802770	antithesis	An opposition or contrast of ideas that is often expressed in balanced phrases or clauses.	25
5408802771	archaic diction	The use of words common to an earlier time period; antiquated language.	26
5408802772	asyndeton	A construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions.	27
5408802773	cumulative sentence	A sentence in which the main independent clause is elaborated by the successive addition of modifying clauses or phrases (main clause is at the beginning).	28
5408802774	hortative sentence	A sentence that exhorts, urges, entreats, implores, or calls to action.	29
5408802775	imperative sentence	A sentence that requests or commands.	30
5408802776	inversion	The reversal of the normal word order in a sentence or phrase.	31
5408802777	juxtaposition	Placing two elements side by side to present a comparison or contrast.	32
5408802778	metaphor	A comparison that establishes a figurative identity between objects being compared, does not use like or as.	33
5408802779	oxymoron	A compact paradox in which two successive words seemingly contradict each other.	34
5408802780	parallelism	Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses.	35
5408802781	periodic sentence	A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end.	36
5408802782	personification	A figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions.	37
5408802783	rhetorical question	A figure of speech in the form of a question posed for rhetorical effect rather than for the purpose of getting an answer	38
5408802784	synecdoche	A rhetorical trope involving a part of an object representing the whole, or the whole of an object representing a part.	39
5408802785	zeugma	The use of two different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous, meanings.	40