AP Language Vocab #1 Flashcards

15028653386	Syntax	The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language (Sentence structure)	0
15028653387	Diction	A writer's or speaker's choice of words	1
15028653388	Language	Our spoken, written, or signed words and the ways we combine them to communicate meaning	2
15028653389	Purpose	One's intention or objective in a speech or piece of writing.	3
15028653390	Mood	Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader	4
15028653391	Tone	Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character	5
15028653392	Motif	A recurring theme, subject or idea	6
15028653393	Audience	Those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed.	7
15028653394	Occasion	An aspect of context; the cause or reason for writing.	8
15028653395	Context	The circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surrounding a text.	9
15028653396	Style	the choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work	10
15028653397	Description	a spoken or written representation or account of a person, object, or event	11
15028653398	Strategy	How the writer organizes their piece to convey their purpose	12
15028653399	Persuasion	The process of creating, reinforcing, or changing people's beliefs or actions	13
15028653400	Argument	A statement put forth and supported by evidence	14
15028653401	Exposition	Background information presented in a literary work.	15
15028653402	Discourse	written or spoken communication or debate	16
15028653403	Ethos	Appeal to ethics	17
15028653404	Pathos	Appeal to emotion	18
15028653405	Logos	Appeal to logic	19
15028669765	Narration	writing that tells a story	20
15028669985	Asyndeton	omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words	21
15028675464	Polyasyndeton	Excessive use of conjunctions	22
15028675465	Delayed sentence	A sentence that withholds its main idea until the end	23
15028680733	Paradox	a statement that seems contradictory but is actually true	24
15028680734	Aphorism	a concise statement of a truth or principle	25
15028686004	modes of discourse	exposition, narration, description, argumentation	26