Rhetorical Analysis (AP Language) Flashcards

6729881609	Rhetoric	The study of the techniques of effective language usage in the context of persuasion and argumentation.	0
6729881590	Context	The time and place in which a work is generated, including particularly important cultural, historical, and social events or phenomena.	1
6729881591	Exigence	The event that compelled or inspired the writer or speaker to compose a work.	2
6729881592	Audience	The listeners or readership; also, the individuals to whom the speech is intentionally directed toward.	3
6729881593	Purpose	The intention or objective of a speech; also, the impact a speaker desires to have on the audience.	4
6729881594	Logos	Appeals to logic or reasoning, generally consisting of a variety of evidence types.	5
6729881595	Ethos	Appeals to ethics, credibility, and authority, generally focused on information about the speaker.	6
6729881596	Pathos	Appeals to emotion and audience engagement, generally focused on language usage.	7
6729987727	Rhetorical Mode	Refers to the various text structure an author uses to organize his or her ideas in a cohesive manner.	8
6729881597	Diction	The choice of words for the purpose of achieving various effects upon the audience.	9
6729881598	Syntax	The structure of sentences, often examined in the context of langauge patterns and poetic arrangements.	10
6729881599	Figurative Language	Unusual uses of language, often consisting of comparisons and exaggerations for the purpose of achieving certain effects upon the audience.	11
6729881600	Imagery	Language that activates our five senses.	12
6729881601	Anecdote	A personal story related to the subject matter and intended to prove a particular point.	13
6729881602	Allusion	A reference to a historical or literary event or figure, often intended to draw comparisons or prove a point.	14
6729881603	Hyperbole	The use of extreme exaggeration meant to express strong emotion or evoke laughter.	15
6729881604	Personification	Imbuing inhuman or inanimate objects with human traits.	16
6729881605	Simile	A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as" to examine similarities.	17
6729881606	Metaphor	A comparison between two unlike things without "like" or "as" that nevertheless have similar aspects or traits.	18
6729960677	Parallelism	Sentence construction which places equal grammatical construction near each other, or repeats identical grammatical patterns.	19
6729955324	Anaphora	Repetition or a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row.	20
6729955323	Antithesis	Two opposite or contrasting words, phrases, or clauses, or even ideas, with parallel structure.	21
6729881608	Repetition	The repeated use of the same word or phrase to create an effect upon the audience, especially to emphasize a the drama and importance of a point.	22
6729881610	Tone	The attitude of the speaker toward her subject, influenced by diction, imagery, details, language, and syntax.	23
6729881611	Mood	The emotional atmosphere or the work, i.e., the desired emotional impact of the work upon the audience.	24
6729890678	Persona	A character or figurative mask that an actor, speaker, or writer takes on for a given performance or text.	25
6729914600	Active Voice	Grammatical construction in which the subject of the sentence performs the action.	26
6729918796	Passive Voice	Grammatical construction in which the subject of the sentence receives the action.	27
6729925900	Satire	A work intended to expose or reveal some fault or human folly to some humorous effect.	28
6732846254	Paradox	A statement that is self contradictory because it often contains two statements that are both true, but in general, cannot both be true at the same time.	29
6729969319	Irony	When the opposite of what you expect to happen does.	30
6729938426	Periodic Sentence	A sentence in which the main idea (often the independent clause) is not completed until the end of a sentence.	31
6729942043	Loose Sentence	A sentence in which the main idea (often the independent clause) is articulated at the beginning of a sentence, followed by a subordinate clause.	32