AP Language Rhetorical Terms 1 Flashcards

8682892603	allusion	a reference to some famous literary work, historical figure, or event	0
8682893650	argumentation	the writer's attempt to convince his reader to agree with him (based on ethos, pathos, or logos)	1
8682903161	coherence	organization; clarity & logical adherence to a topic that binds together a composition	2
8682916252	description	aims to depict a scene, person, thing, or idea by evoking the look, feel, sound, and sense of it	3
8682922910	diction	word choice	4
8682922911	exposition	a writing where the main purpose is to explain; shows rather than tells	5
8682925988	figurative language	a word/expression used in a nonliteral way	6
8682927757	hyperbole	a deliberate exaggeration/overstatement	7
8682929512	image/imagery	writer's appeals to the senses; evokes a picture or describes a scene	8
8682936206	irony	the use of language in a way that contrasts sharply with the real meaning	9
8682939985	verbal irony	words state the opposite of the writer's true meaning	10
8682940907	situational irony	events turn out the opposite of what was expected	11
8682941805	dramatic irony	facts/events unknown to a character but known by the audience or other characters	12
8682943421	metaphor	figurative image that compares things without the use of "like" or "as"	13
8682951268	mood	impression made on the feelings of the reader	14
8682952662	narration	an account of events as they happen	15
8682954975	oxymoron	a combination of words with opposite meetings	16
8682956324	pacing	the speed at which a piece of writing moves along	17
8682957963	paradox	a statement that seems self-contradictory at first, but is true upon closer examination	18
8682961678	parallelism	where parts of sentences are grammatically the same or similar	19
8682969065	parody	a work that imitates the content of another to make fun of the original work	20
8682974351	personification	giving human characteristics to an inhuman thing	21
8682977598	point of view	perspective from which the writer tells the story	22
8682980263	rhetoric	the use of persuasive language	23
8682982025	rhetorical modes	describe the variety, conventions, and purposes of the 4 major kinds of writing: exposition, argumentation, description, and narration	24
8682991789	simile	comparing two things with the use of "like" or "as"	25
8682993072	slanting	selecting facts, words, or emphasis to make the reader feel a certain way	26
8683003064	style	the way a writer writes	27