AP Language Rhetorical Terms Flashcards

15159321555	Allusion	A reference to some famous literary work	0
15159335265	Argumentation	The writers attempt to get the reader to agree with him	1
15159339834	Coherence	Organized parts of writing that bind it all together	2
15159358688	Description	describes a scene using sensory details.	3
15159365243	Diction	Word choice	4
15159370601	Exposition	writing whos chief aim is to explain	5
15159382814	Figurative language	A word or expression used in a non- literal way.	6
15159393581	Hyperbole	extreme exaggeration	7
15159403666	Imagery	paints a picture with words	8
15159419949	Verbal irony	when words state the opposite of their true meaning	9
15159438248	Situational irony	when events turn out the opposite way as you'd expect	10
15159444562	dramatic irony	when the reader knows something the characters do not	11
15159454601	Metaphor	A direct comparison without using like or as	12
15159463849	Mood	The way the author wants the reader to feel; atmosphere	13
15159469873	narration	writing that tells a story	14
15159473593	Oxymoron	A figure of speech with 2 contradictory TERMS	15
15159483616	Pacing	The speed at which a writing moves along	16
15159494779	Paradox	A single statement that contradicts itself but proves to be true	17
15159503437	Parallelism	The things that remain the same throughout a writing	18
15159511591	point of view	the perspective from which a story is told	19
15159513847	Rhetoric	Meaningful parts of a text; the art of persuasive writting	20
15159527682	rhetorical modes	modes of writing; exposition, description, narration, argumentation	21
15159547042	Simile	A comparison using "like" or "as"	22
15159548946	slanting	distort the order of words to achieve a desired effect; untrue	23
15160079602	Style	the way a writer writes	24
15160093904	ad hominem argument	Argument that attacks person and not the issue	25
15160107384	Analogy	Explains something by likening it to something else.	26
15160128336	Anecdote	a brief narrative at the beginning of a story	27
15160132343	Ethos	appeals to ethics or credibility	28
15160141654	logos	appeal to logic	29
15160145290	Pathos	appeals to emotion	30
15160148871	Begging the question	When someone bases an argument of something no one else believes; no one is listening	31
15160159611	Casual relationship	Relationship where one thing leads to another	32
15160202558	Colloquialism	Words that can be used informally; slang	33
15160218032	Conclusion	The final paragraph of an essay	34
15160224076	Connotation	how a word makes you feel	35
15160230119	Emphasis	stress put on the important parts of an essay	36
15160244526	essay	a short prose over a specific topic	37
15160248211	Eupherism	substitution of a generally acceptable word or concept	38
15160272163	Example	illustration of a concept or idea	39
15160282343	Generalization	A statement that asserts some broad truth based on specific array of cases	40
15160296163	logical fallacy	errors in reasoning	41
15160299759	objective writing	writing the is based on hard facts	42
15160313670	subjective writing	writing based on a personal opinion	43
15160321885	red herring	side argument to distract from the main argument	44
15160328663	Sarcasam	bitter caustic language to hurt or ridicule someone	45
15160338097	Satire	the use of wit and humor tin order to ridicule society's weaknesses > critical to make a point > humorous but serious	46
15169868907	Subordination	parts of a sentence that aren't important to the main idea (dependent clauses)	47
15169881203	Tone	how the writer feels about the subject audience	48
15169892269	Understatement	extreme under exaggeration	49
15169894666	voice	the presence of the author in a writing ( dashes, humor)	50
15169909424	Abstract	words that refer to something that cannot be observed with the five sentences (love, happiness..)	51
15169921787	Ad populum argument	where something is assumed to be true because many people believe that it is	52
15169928503	Allegory	story form with a literal and figurative meaning	53
15169936148	Anaphora	repetition of words in sentences in a row (I have a dream...I have a dream...I have a dream...)	54
15169954071	Aphorism	Statement that expresses a general truth or moral	55
15169957811	Apostrophe	when someone speaks to something that is dead or not there	56
15169962903	attitude	the writer's position or emotion regarding a writings subject	57
15169979607	Audience	who the writer's message is intended for	58
15169981947	claim	something you have to support or prove	59
15169987278	cliche	expression that is used to often and is not longer effective	60
15169994215	Compare and contrast	finding similarities and differences	61
15169998435	complex sentence	sentence with a main clause and 1 or more dependant clauses	62
15170011823	concrete	objects or words that are visible to the senses	63
15170026821	Evidence	supports a claim	64
15170028697	Genre	the category all literary works fit under (prose, drama, poetry)	65
15170035369	inversion	reversing the order of words for desired effect	66
15170045175	loose sentence	a sentence where the main clause comes at the beginning; followed by dependant clauses	67
15170052923	metonymy	when the name of one object is swapped for another closely associated with it	68
15170065522	Periodic sentence	Sentence where the main clause comes at the end (period comes at the end of a sentence)	69
15170069346	process analysis	listing things in a sequence	70
15170075655	Rhetorical Question	question that is not meant to be answered ( to prove a point)	71
15170091357	Synecdoche	when part of something is used to refer to the whole	72
15170096337	syntax	sentence structure	73
15170116742	Transition	Words or phrases used to connect ideas	74
15170118656	Unity	having all parts contribute to the overall effect of one idea (J.K Rowling)	75