AP Language Flashcards

10654060678	Ethos	credibility	0
10654060679	Logos	Appeal to logic	1
10654060680	Pathos	Appeal to emotion	2
10654060681	Persona	Greek for "mask." The face or character that a speaker shows to his or her audience.	3
10654060682	audience	One's listener or readership; those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed.	4
10654060683	subject	The topic of a text. What the text is about.	5
10654060684	Speaker	A term used for the author, speaker, or the person whose perspective (real or imagined) is being advanced in a speech or piece of writing	6
10654060685	polemic	an aggressive argument against a specific opinion	7
10654060686	Connotation	the implied or associative meaning of a word	8
10654060687	Counterargument	an opposing argument to the one a writer is putting forward	9
10654060688	Refutation	A denial of the validity of an opposing argument. In order to sound reasonable, refutations often follow a concession that acknowledges that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable.	10
10654060689	concession	A reluctant acknowledgment or yielding.	11
10654060690	rhetorical appeals	the use of emotional, ethical, and logical arguments to persuade in writing or speaking	12
10654060691	propagandistic	A negative term for writing designed to sway opinion rather than present information.	13
10654060692	purpose	the goal the speaker wants to achieve	14
10654060693	context	The circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surrounding a text.	15
10654060694	occasion	the time and place a speech is given or a piece is written	16
10654060695	Texts	words written down in a particular form, such as a book	17
10654060696	rhetorical triangle (Aristotelian triangle)	A diagram that illustrates the interrelationship among the speaker, audience, and subject in determining a text.	18
10654060697	Rhetoric	the art of using language effectively and persuasively	19