AP Language Vocab- Set One Flashcards
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| 7337587861 | Prose | Written in ordinary language that resembles everyday speech; NOT poetry | 0 | |
| 7337587862 | Rhetoric | The principles governing the art of writing affectively, eloquently, and persuasively. | 1 | |
| 7337712414 | Rhetorical features, rhetorical devices, resources of language, rhetorical strategies | Figures of speech, syntax, sentence structure, diction, and other stylistic elements are used to produce a particular artistic event. | 2 | |
| 7337712415 | Genre/genre conventions | Genre is a major category in which a work of literature (poetry, prose, drama) generic conventions is the typical characteristics that define a genre. | 3 | |
| 7337712416 | Mode of discourse | (Type of communication). The way in which information is presented in written or spoken form. | 4 | |
| 7337712417 | rhetorical modes/expository patterns | How the writing is organized. Examples: exposition, argumentation, narrative | 5 | |
| 7337712418 | Thesis/purpose | The sentence or groups of sentences that directly express authors opinion, purpose, meaning, or proposition. | 6 | |
| 7337712419 | tone/attitude | A writers intellectual position or motion regarding the writing subject. | 7 | |
| 7337712420 | Objective/Subjective | Objective: nonbiased, non-opinionated, factual. Subjective: reflecting a bias or an opinion | 8 | |
| 7337712421 | infer/inference | To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented. | 9 | |
| 7337712422 | concrete details | Used to refer to specific types of details. | 10 | |
| 7337712423 | Appeals | Logos: Logical (facts, reasoning) Pathos: Emotional (feelings) Ethos: Ethical (credibility, trustworthiness) | 11 |