AP Lang: Language of Composition - Chapter 1 Flashcards

AP Lang Unit 1

4786358426	Audience	The listener, viewer, or reader of a text.	0
4786358427	Concession	An acknowledgement that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable.	1
4786358428	Connotation	Meanings or associations that readers have with a word beyond its dictionary definition, or denotation.	2
4786358429	Context	The circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surrounding a text.	3
4786358430	Counterargument	An opposing argument to the one a writer is putting forward.	4
4786358431	Ethos	Greek for "character." Speakers appeal to this to demonstrate that they are credible and trustworthy to speak on a given topic.	5
4786358432	Logos	Greek for "embodied thought." Speakers appeal to this by offering clear, rational ideas and using specific details, examples, facts, statistics, or expert testimony to back them up.	6
4786358433	Occasion	The time and place a speech is given or a piece is written.	7
4786358434	Pathos	Greek for "suffering" or "experiences." Speakers appeal to this to emotionally motivate their audience.	8
4786358435	Persona	Greek for "mask." The face or character that a speaker shows to his or her audience.	9
4786358436	Polemic	Greek for "hostile." An aggressive argument that tries to establish the superiority of one opinion over all others.	10
4786358437	Propaganda	The spread of ideas and information to further a cause.	11
4786358438	Purpose	The goal a speaker wants to achieve.	12
4786358439	Refutation	A denial of the validity of an opposing argument.	13
4786358440	Rhetoric	"the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion" or the art of finding ways to persuade an audience.	14
4786358441	Rhetorical Appeals	Rhetorical techniques used to persuade an audience by emphasizing what they find most important or compelling.	15
4786358442	Rhetorical Triangle (Aristotelian Triangle)	A diagram that illustrates the interrelationship among the speaker, audience, and subject in determining a text.	16
4786358443	SOAPS	A mnemonic device that stands for Subject, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, and Speaker.	17
4786358444	Speaker	The person or group who creates a text.	18
4786358445	Subject	The topic of a text; what the text is about.	19
4786358446	Text	Generally meaning the written word, it has come to mean any cultural product that can be read- meaning not just consumed and comprehended, but investigated.	20