AP English Language Flashcards

14001330232	Discourse	written or spoken communication	0
14001330233	Rhetoric	all strategies and devices a writer can employ to allow the reader to easily accept and understand his or her point of view	1
14001330234	Modes of discourse	exposition, narration, description, argumentation	2
14001330235	Classification	Separates items into major categories and details the characteristics of each group and why each member of that group is placed within the category	3
14001330236	Process	How to do something or how something is done	4
14001330237	Definition	Identifies the class to which a specific term belongs and those characteristics which make it different from all the other items in that class	5
14001330238	attitude	Can either be formal or informal. Represents the stance or relationship the author has toward his or her subject	6
14001330239	Subject consistency	The subjects of the main clauses in a sequence of sentences are consistent	7
14001330240	Tense consistency	The use of the same tense throughout the selection	8
14001330241	Voice consistency	Use of the active voice and avoidance of the passive voice when possible	9
14001330242	Active voice	The writing lets the reader know that the subject is doing the acting	10
14001330243	Passive voice	The subject is acted upon or is the goal of the action	11