AP language Rhetorical Terms Flashcards

14993268356	audience	the listener, viewer, or reader of a text	0
14993268357	concession	An acknowledgment that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable.	1
14993268358	Connotation	Meanings or associations that readers have with a word beyond its dictionary definition, or denotation.	2
14993268359	context	The circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surrounding a text.	3
14993268360	Counterargument	an opposing argument to the one a writer is putting forward	4
14993268361	Ethos	Greek for "character." Speakers appeal to ethos to demonstrate that they are credible and trustworthy to speak on a given topic.	5
14993268362	Logos	Greek for "embodied thought." Speakers appeal to logos, or reason, by offering clear, rational ideas and using specific details, examples, facts, statistics, or expert testimony to back them up.	6
14993268363	occasion	the time and place a speech is given or a piece is written	7
14993268364	Pathos	Greek for "suffering" or "experience." Speakers appeal to pathos to emotionally motivate their audience. More specific appeals to pathos might play on the audience's values, desires, and hopes, on the one hand, or fears and prejudices, on the other.	8
14993268365	Persona	Greek for "mask." The face or character that a speaker shows to his or her audience.	9
14993268366	polemic	Greek for "hostile." An aggressive argument that tries to establish the superiority of one opinion over all others. Polemics generally do not concede that opposing opinions have any merit.	10
14993268367	Propaganda	the spread of ideas and information to further a cause	11
14993268368	purpose	the goal the speaker wants to achieve	12
14993268369	Refutation	a denial of the validity of an opposing argument	13
14993268370	Rhetoric	the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion. the art of finding ways to persuade an audience	14
14993268371	rhetorical appeals	Rhetorical techniques used to persuade an audience by emphasizing what they find most important or compelling. The three major appeals are to ethos (character), logos (reason), and pathos (emotion).	15
14993268372	rhetorical triangle	A diagram that illustrates the interrelationship among the speaker, audience, and subject in determining a text.	16
14993268373	SOAPS	Subject, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Speaker	17