AP Language Unit 1 Flashcards

10738782826	speaker	Who is writing? What credentials do they have?	0
10738788026	occasion	What is happening that prompts the writer to write this piece?	1
11290871238	audience	For whom is this piece written?	2
11290880086	purpose	Why is the writer writing?	3
11290883910	subject	What is the writer writing about?	4
11290901774	tone	the author's attitude towards the subject of his/her writing (it is important because to misunderstand tone is to misunderstand meaning)	5
11290915581	language	Level of Language; figurative language	6
11290919840	imagery	appeal to the senses	7
11290941209	diction	word choice	8
11290947743	detail	content, examples, allusions	9
11290950445	syntax	sentence structure	10
11290967809	persuasion	to defend, refute, or qualify a position in order to make others believe your views	11
11290981523	exposition	a comprehensive description & explanation of an idea	12
11290988862	narration	telling about an event like a story using time order	13
11290999711	description	giving a verbal picture using spatial & sensory details	14
11291008545	classification	dividing a number of things into groups based on shared qualities	15
11291034061	cause & effect	explaining what led to and followed from an event and how causes and effects relate to said event	16
11291074172	compare & contrast	showing the similarities & differences between 2 concepts using the point-by-point or block-by-block method	17
11291123867	process analysis	breaking down how something occurs (ex. rhetorical analysis which breaks down how a writer effectively uses rhetorical strategies to achieve his purpose)	18
11291144080	example/analogy	using a special comparison or different examples to explain a concept	19
11291157721	extended definition	explaining the meaning of a term or concept often using examples	20
11291178825	What should a rhetorical analysis essay's thesis answer?	state the author's purpose and what rhetorical strategies he/she uses to convey said purpose	21
11291191460	analysis	breaking something into it's parts	22
11291195348	synthesis	working with the pieces your given and combining them with your thoughts into a new whole	23
11291204263	evaluation	weighing the merits or value of something	24
11291229605	subtopic style (rhetorical analysis)	each paragraph explains one rhetorical strategy and connects it to the meaning, purpose, & effect of the work as a whole	25
11291258978	explication method (rhetorical analysis)	starts at the beginning of the piece of writing and unfolds the rhetorical strategies in the order they appear; more effective	26
11291283226	rhetoric	the art or the study of forming a persuasive argument and adapting it to most effectively influence your audience ("the art of influencing the soul through words" -socrates)	27
11291295269	trivium	an education in rhetoric, logic, & grammar	28
11291318673	rhetorical appeal	way of influencing the reader	29
11291333556	logos	appeal to audience's logic	30
11291338476	ethos	appeal to speaker's credibility	31
11291347143	pathos	appeal to audience's emotion	32
11291353468	rhetorical mode	way to structure/organize/develop an essay based on it's purpose	33
11291360982	annecdote	a short, personal story (usually humorous) used to illustrate a point	34
11291373905	parallelism	two or more ideas linked with coordinate or correlative conjunctions are expressed in the same grammatical form	35
11291808112	loose sentence	independent clause comes first, followed by dependent clauses or phrases	36
11291820259	periodic sentence	dependent clauses or phrases precede the independent clause; can build up suspense	37
12540624404	opening strategies	quotation, fact/statistic, strong/insightful opinion, rhetorical question, anecdote, well-crafted sentence	38