AP Language and Composition Terms Flashcards

10650335555	ad hominen	a fallacy that attacks the person rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute	0
10650340424	Aim/intention/purpose	a writers main goal/objective	1
10650345865	Allusion	reference to something outside of the source	2
10650350907	Anadiplosis	repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the next clause	3
10650357655	Analogy	A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way	4
10650359657	Anecdote	short story or event to grab audience attention	5
10650374338	Antimetabole	Repetition of words in reverse order	6
10650384665	Antithesis	use of opposite or contrasting words	7
10650393075	apeal	logos, ethos,pathos	8
10650402496	argument	method of representing a belief or opinion	9
10650412659	Aristotelian Triangle	A diagram showing the relations of writer or speaker, audience (reader or listener), and text in a rhetorical situation.	10
10650416465	arrangement	construction of argument, replacement of rhetorical devices	11
10650438516	asyndeton	A construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions	12
10650446616	attitude/stance	writers belief toward his audience and subject matter	13
10650459657	audience	the listener, viewer, or reader of a text	14
10650468226	begging of the question	situation based on a writers assumption that the audience rejects	15
10650485461	causal relationship	cause and effect	16
10650495511	claim/generalization/thesis	main point of argument	17
10650503192	climax	arrangement of words, phrases, or clauses in an order of increasing importance	18
10650528718	climbing the ladder	A term referring to the schemes of climax and anadiplosis used together	19
10650533596	Colloquialism	lingo	20
10650540037	Connotation	figurative meaning	21
10650555013	Context	setting of argument, situation of time and place	22
10650570412	deductive reasoning	general to specific	23
10650584154	denotation	The dictionary definition of a word	24
10650589271	diction	word choice	25
10650593823	didactic	negative connotation, destructive teaching manner	26
10650606007	Discursive Structure	unclear or unorganized structure, opposite of logos	27
10650900682	enthymeme	syllogism missing major premise	28
10650909034	epistrope	the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences	29
10650911982	epithet	A descriptive name or phrase used to characterize someone or something	30
10650914332	Euphemism	a pleasant or inoffensive expression used in place of an unpleasant or offensive one	31
10650920294	evidence/example	facts and reason to support a topic	32
10650928508	hyperbole	exaggeration	33
10650931931	idiom	a nonliteral expression used in place of literal phrase	34
10650946749	inductive reasoning	specific to general	35
10650956567	Inference	A conclusion reached on the basis of own means	36
10650963273	Irony	A contrast between expectation and reality	37
10650967040	jargon	special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand.	38
10650970191	Juxtaposition	Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts	39
10650986036	Litotes (understatement)	deliberately representing something as less than it is in order to create a particular effect.	40
10650991855	logic	the use of valid reasoning and common sense	41
10651003890	logical fallacy	a mistake in reasoning	42
10651010619	mood	How the reader feels about the text while reading.	43
10651018277	occasion	the time and place a speech is given or a piece is written	44
10651020888	Paradox	A statement or proposition that seems untrue or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.	45
10651025911	Parallelism	use of similarly constructed words, phrases, and sentences	46
10651040649	Persuasion	focus of emotional appeal to present a topic, ethos	47
10651061497	Repitition	Repeating a word, phrase, or idea for emphasis or rhythmic effect	48
10651067061	Rhetoric	the art of using language effectively and persuasively	49
10651070132	rhetorical question	A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer	50
10651074414	Sarcasm	the use of irony to mock to make a point	51
10651082684	scheme/trope	sentence structures/words to use in argument	52
10651098944	six-part oration	a speech consisting of exordium, narration, partition, confirmation, refutation, and peroration	53
10651108297	Syllogism	A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.	54
10651111221	tone	Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character	55