AP Language Final Exam Flashcards
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| 8468329608 | Argument | a coherent and considered movement from a claim to conclusion | 0 | |
| 8468329609 | Aristotle | gave rhetoric a definition; studied rhetoric as if it were a science | 1 | |
| 8468342043 | Audience | reader/listener | 2 | |
| 8468342044 | Claim | an opinion or position on a topic, assertion or proposition | 3 | |
| 8468347719 | Concession | acknowledging the argument on other side | 4 | |
| 8468347720 | Connotation | an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning | 5 | |
| 8468351322 | Context | given circumstances, history, time and place surrounding the text | 6 | |
| 8468365019 | Counterargument | an argument or set of reasons put forward to oppose an idea or theory developed in another argument | 7 | |
| 8468365020 | Deduction | from general to specific (upside down triangle) | 8 | |
| 8468369310 | Denotation | dictionary defintion | 9 | |
| 8468369311 | Ethos | ethics, believable, credibility, trustworthiness | 10 | |
| 8468372128 | Logos | appeals to logic | 11 | |
| 8468372129 | Occasion | context | 12 | |
| 8468393913 | Parallelism | the use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning, or meter | 13 | |
| 8468910631 | Pathos | appeals to the emotions of the audience | 14 | |
| 8468910632 | Peroration | of a speech, the very last sentence to summarize the rhetorical purpose | 15 | |
| 8468913222 | Persona | "mask" | 16 | |
| 8468913223 | Refutation | turning the argument back around to your side | 17 | |
| 8468916338 | Rhetoric | the deliberate manipulation of eloquence for the most persuasive effect in public speaking or in writing | 18 | |
| 8468919075 | Rhetorical Appeals | 19 | ||
| 8468922782 | Rhetorical Purpose | writer's goal; what does the writer want | 20 | |
| 8468927970 | Rhetorical Question | a question asked in order to make a point rather than to get an answer. | 21 | |
| 8468930596 | Rhetorical Situation | a sender, text, and at least one receiver | 22 | |
| 8468934068 | Rhetorical Triangle | on the sides: speaker, audience, subject in the center: rhetorical purpose surrounding circle: occasion | 23 | |
| 8468942679 | SOAPS | Subject Occasion Audience Purpose Speaker | 24 | |
| 8468942680 | Speaker | voice, persona, role | 25 | |
| 8468942681 | Subject | topic/content | 26 | |
| 8468946847 | Syllogism | major premise, minor premise, conclusion; form of deductive reasoning; "x is y, y is z, so z is x" | 27 | |
| 8468950193 | Syntax | the ordering of words into sentences | 28 | |
| 8468958048 | Thesis | shows how you intend to argue your claim | 29 |