AP language Review Flashcards

6681201571	Damning with faint praise	Intentional use of a positive statement that has a negative implication	0
6681201572	Deduction	A form of reasoning that begins with a generalization then applies the generalization to a specific case.	1
6681201573	Digression	A temporary departure from the main subject in speaking or writing	2
6681201574	Ellipsis	1. In grammar the omission of a word or words necessary for complete construction but understood in context 2. The sign that's penning has been led out of quotation "to be or not that is the question"	3
6681201575	Expository writing	Writing that explains or analyzes	4
6681201576	Euphemism	The use of a word or phrase that is less direct but that is also less distasteful or less offensive than another Ex: he is at rest... (he is dead)	5
6681201577	Inverted syntax	Reversing the normal word order of a sentence	6
6681201578	Litotes	In rhetoric a figure in which an affirmative is expressed by a negation of the contrary "a citizen of no mean city is therefore a citizen of an important or famous city"	7
6681201579	Non sequitur	A statement that does not follow logically from what proceeded it	8
6681201580	Parable	A short story from which a lesson may be drawn Christ used the parable to teach his followers moral truths	9
6681201581	Pedantry	A display of narrow minded and trivial scholarship or arbitrary adherence to rules and forms.	10
6681201582	Periodic sentence structure	A sentence written so that the full meaning cannot be understood until end Ex across the stream beyond the clearing from behind a fallen tree the lion emerged.	11
6681201583	Post hoc fallacy	This fallacy of logic occurs when the writers assume that an incident that precedes another is the cause of the second incident.	12
6681201584	Spatial ordering	Organization of information using special clues such as top to bottom left to right	13
6681201585	Syllogism	A form of reasoning In Which two statements or premises are made and a logical conclusion is drawn from them a form of deductive reasoning.	14
6681201586	Ad hominem fallacy	A fallacy of logic in which a persons character or motive is attacked instead of the persons argument	15
6681201587	Ad populum fallacy	A fallacy of logic in which the widespread occurrence of something is assumed to make it true or right	16
6681201588	Appeal to authority	Citizen of information from people recognized for their special knowledge of a subject for the purpose of strengthening a speaker or writers arguments	17
6681201589	False dilemma	A fallacy of logical argument which is committed when too few of the available alternatives are considered and all but one are assessed and deemed impossible and deemed impossible or unacceptable	18
6681201590	Begging the question	A fallacy of logical argument that assumes as true the very thing that one is trying to prove.	19