AP Language Flashcards

10400277963	analogy	a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.	0
10400277964	audience	the assembled spectators or listeners at a public event, such as a play, movie, concert, or meeting.	1
10400278991	deductive reasoning	the process of reasoning from one or more statements to reach a logically certain conclusion.	2
10400279409	evidence	the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.	3
10400279410	logos	number statistics	4
10400282258	rhetoric	the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.	5
10400282259	tone	Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character	6
10400282599	argument	A statement put forth and supported by evidence	7
10400282600	connotation	an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.	8
10400283129	denotation	The dictionary definition of a word	9
10400283130	implication	something suggested	10
10400283131	occasion	the time and place a speech is given or a piece is written	11
10400284571	speaker	A term used for the author, speaker, or the person whose perspective (real or imagined) is being advanced in a speech or piece of writing	12
10400284572	voice	A writers distinctive use of language	13
10400285524	Aristotelian appeals	Three different methods of appealing to an audience to convince them—ethos, logos, and pathos.	14
10400285525	context	The circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surrounding a text.	15
10400285526	diction	word choice	16
10400286546	inductive reasoning	A type of logic in which generalizations are based on a large number of specific observations.	17
10400286547	pathos	Appeal to emotion	18
10400286548	syntax	Sentence structure	19
10400287281	attitude	feelings, often influenced by our beliefs, that predispose us to respond in a particular way to objects, people, and events	20
10400288806	Counterargument	A challenge to a position; an opposing argument	21
10400288807	ethos	credibility	22
10400288808	irony	A contrast between expectation and reality	23
10400289380	purpose	the goal the speaker wants to achieve	24
10400289381	synthesis	combination	25