AP Language Vocab Chapter 1 Flashcards

8351002109	Audience	The listener, viewer, or reader of a text	0
8351002110	Context	The circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surrounding a text	1
8351002111	Ethos	Greek for "character". Speakers appeal to _____ to demonstrate that they are credible and trustworthy to speak on a given topic	2
8351002112	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
8351002114	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	4
8351002115	Persona	Greek for "mask". The face or character that a speaker shows to his or her audience	5
8351002116	Polemic	Greek for "hostile". And aggressive argument that tries to establish the superiority of one opinion over all others.	6
8351002117	Propaganda	The spread of ideas and information to further a cause	7
8351002118	Purpose	The goal the speaker wants to achieve	8
8351002119	Rhetorical appeals	Rhetorical techniques used to persuade an audience by emphasizing what they find most important or compelling.	9
8351002120	Rhetorical triangle	A diagram that illustrates the interrelationship among the speaker, audience, and subject in determining a text	10
8351002121	Rhetoric	The communication between a speaker and an audience rationally exchanging opposing viewpoints using an academic voice in order to persuade	11
8351002125	Speaker	The person or group who creates a text	12
8351002126	Subject	The topic of a text	13