AP words Flashcards

14647881262	Appeals	ethos, logos, pathos	0
14647881263	Assessment	The evaluation or estimation of the nature, quality, or ability of someone or something	1
14647881264	audience	the listener, viewer, or reader of a text	2
14647881265	attitude	feelings, often influenced by our beliefs, that predispose us to respond in a particular way to objects, people, and events	3
14813209430	context	The circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surrounding a text.	4
14813209431	occasion	An aspect of context; the cause or reason for writing.	5
14813209432	purpose	the goal the speaker wants to achieve	6
14813209433	Speaker	A term used for the author, speaker, or the person whose perspective (real or imagined) is being advanced in a speech or piece of writing	7
14813209434	Persona	an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting	8
14813209435	subject	The topic of a text. What the text is about.	9
14923493461	Allusion	A reference to another work of literature, person, or event	10
14923493462	Antithesis	Direct opposite	11
14923493463	archaic definition	very old or old-fashioned	12
14923493464	Bias	A particular preference or point of view that is personal, rather than scientific.	13
14923493465	Diction	word choice	14
15038212460	Ethos	credibility/trust	15
15038212461	Pathos	Appeal to emotion	16
15038212462	Logos	Appeal to logic	17
15038212463	Counterargument	A challenge to a position; an opposing argument	18
15038212464	concession	Something given up or yielded	19
15038212465	Refutation	a denial of the validity of an opposing argument	20