AP Language - Vocabulary Part I Flashcards

8051528034	Aristotelian appeals	the three different methods of appealing to an audience to convince it of an argument	0
8051533459	ethos	an appeal to ethics or authority	1
8051536252	logos	an appeal to logic	2
8051539012	pathos	an appeal to emotions	3
8051542169	context	the extra-textual environment in which the text is being delivered	4
8051549101	counterargument	an argument against the author's position	5
8051554570	deductive reasoning	a form of logical reasoning in which a general principle is applied to a specific case	6
8051565868	denotation	the literal, dictionary-definition meaning of a word	7
8051571892	imagery	any descriptive language used to evoke a vivid sense or image of something; includes figurative language	8
8051585695	implication	a concept that is suggested rather than being directly stated	9
8051595623	juxtaposition	the act of placing two very different things together for effect	10
8051603817	organization	the way different parts of an argument are arranged in a piece of writing or speech	11
8051619447	rhetoric	the use of spoken, written, or visual speech to convey ideas and convince an audience	12
8051632597	rhetorical triangle	the relationships between the author, the audience, the text, and the context	13
8051644650	synthesis	a process that combines sources and ideas in a coherent way for the purpose of supporting a larger claim	14
8051664493	theme	an overachieving idea; the driving premises of a work	15
8051671108	tone	the use of stylistic devices to reveal an author's attitude toward the subject	16
8051679495	style	an author's own personal approach to rhetoric in a piece	17