AP Lang Vocab: Set 1 Flashcards

10534686394	ad hominem	a fallacy that attacks the person rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute	0
10534691247	ad populum (bandwagon appeal)	This fallacy occurs when evidence boils down to "everybody's doing it, so it must be a good thing to do."	1
10534693285	Alliteration	the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.	2
10534696089	Allusion	A reference to another work of literature, person, or event	3
10534697572	Analogy	A comparison between two seemingly dissimilar things	4
10534708917	Anaphora	the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses, phrases, or lines	5
10534711126	anecdote	a brief story used to illustrate a point or claim	6
10534714527	annotation	the taking of notes directly on a text	7
10534720150	Antimetabole	Repetition of words in reverse order	8
10534721023	Antithesis	opposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a parallel construction	9
10534722614	appeal to false authority	This fallacy occurs when someone who has no expertise to speak on an issue is cited as an authority.	10
10534728070	archaic diction	old-fashioned or outdated choice of words	11
10534729775	argument	A process of reasoned inquiry; a persuasive discourse resulting in a coherent and considered movement from a claim to a conclusion.	12
10534732766	Aristotelian triangle	See rhetorical triangle	13
10534734546	assertion	a statement that presents a claim or thesis	14
10534736192	assumption	see warrant	15
10534738953	Asyndeton	omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words	16
10534743031	audience	the listener, viewer, or reader of a text	17
10534744774	Backing	In the Toulmin model, backing consists of further assurances or data without which the assumption lacks authority.	18
10534747522	bandwagon appeal	see ad populum fallacy	19