ap language rhetoric terms chapter 1 Flashcards

7384373842	Occasion	The time and place a speech is given or piece is written, etc.	0
7384373843	Aristotelian triangle	A diagram that illustrates the interrelationship among the speaker, audience, and subject in determining a text	1
7384373848	audience	the listener, viewer, or reader of a text	2
7384373863	concession	an acknowledgement that the opposing argument may be true or reasonable	3
7384373866	context	the circumstances, atmosphere, and events surrounding a text	4
7384373867	counterargument	an opposing argument to the one a writer is putting forward	5
7384373878	ethos	speakers or writers demonstrate this to show that they are credible and trustworthy to speak on a given topic	6
7384373898	logos	speakers appeal to reason by offering clear, rational ideas and using specific details, examples, facts, statistics or expert testimony to back them up	7
7384373913	pathos	speakers appeal to this to emotionally motivate their audience.	8
7384373915	persona	the face or character that a speaker shows to his or her audience.	9
7384373917	polemic	an aggressive argument that tries to establish the superiority of one opinion over all others; this generally does not concede that opposing arguments have any merit.	10
7384373920	propaganda	the spread of ideas and information to further a cause.	11
7384373922	purpose	the goal the speaker wants to achieve.	12
7384373930	rhetoric	the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of peruasion; the art of finding ways of persuading an audience.	13
7384373931	rhetorical appeals	techniques used to persuade an audience by emphasizing what they find most important or compelling.	14
7384373938	speaker	the person or group who creates a text.	15
7384373941	subject	the topic of a text.	16
7384373947	text	any cultural product that can be read--meaning not just consumed and comprehended but also investigated.	17
7384373948	refutation	after concession, denying the validity of all or party of the opponent's argument	18