AP Language List Two Flashcards

14924338069	rhetorical triangle (Aristotelian triangle)	The interaction between subject, speaker, and audience, as well as how this structure determines the structure and language of an argument	0
14924342278	Speaker	The voice of the work Ex. Someone narrating the story	1
14924342279	Context	The circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surrounding a text. Ex. You can use context clues to determine what a word means	2
14924345280	Persona	The character of the first person narrator in verse and the speaker in lyric poetry. Ex. The Old Man and Sea (By Ernest Hemingway)	3
14924345281	rhetorical appeals	strategies that writers use to move or inform their audience; a writer may use all of these strategies in a single text, but the writer should consider which strategies are most effective to fulfill her / his intended purpose with a specific audience. Ex. The summer work essays had these	4
14924356865	Ethical Appeal	when a writer tries to persuade the audience to respect and believe him or her based on a presentation of image of self through the text.	5
14924356866	ethos	one of the appeals; character or morality; shared values of a large group Ex. The democratic candidate making a commercial explaining why they are the best using their mortality	6
14924356867	logos	one of the appeals; logic or reason; offers clear, rational ideas, facts, etc. Ex. Commercials using stats to convince one to buy their products	7
14924363412	Counterargument	a fact or opinion that challenges the reasoning behind somebody's proposal and shows that there are grounds for taking an opposite view Ex. An argument that goes against a hypothesis	8
14924363413	Refutatio	addresses the counterargument, acts as a bridge between the writer's proof and conclusion; appeals largely to logos Ex. Writing an argumentative essay with a counterclaim and rebuttal	9
14924375606	refute	to prove something wrong through logical argument or by providing evidence to the contrary Ex. Arguing why something is wrong using logic	10
14924375607	Pathos	an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking emotion or compassion Ex. Things appealing to emotions such as the Budweiser Horse Commericals	11
14924383405	polemic	a passionate argument Ex. On the Duty of Civil Disobedience	12
14924383406	Propoganda	deceptive or distorted information that is systematically spread Ex. WW2 news articles targeting Germany falsely	13
14924386785	Connotation	implied or suggested meaning of a word because of its association Ex. cheap, cool, stubborn	14
14924386786	Rhetoric	the art of effective communication, especially persuasive discourse; rhetoric focuses on the interrelationship of invention, arrangement, and style in order to create felicitous and appropriate discourse Ex. On the Duty of Civil Disobedience	15