AP English Language terms Flashcards

14689464894	Thesis	A sentence that succinctly states a writers/speakers main point	0
14689464895	Stance	A speakers/writers attitude toward the topic and the audience	1
14689464896	Claim	A statement that asserts a belief or truth; most claims require supporting evidence	2
14689464897	Grounds	The evidence used to support a claim such as facts, data, statistics, testimony, and examples	3
14689464898	Warrant	A statement that establishes the logical connection between a claim and its supporting reason	4
14689464899	Backing	The evidence provided to support a warrant	5
14689464900	Qualifiers	Words are phrases that limit the scope of a claim	6
14689464901	Authority	The quality conveyed by the writer/speaker who is knowledgeable about his/her subject and confident in that knowledge	7
14689464902	conditions of rebuttal	The potential objections to an argument	8
14689464903	Rubuttal	And answer that challenges or refute a specific claim or charge, sometimes offered by the writers/speakers who anticipate an objection	9
14689464904	Rhetoric	The art of persuasion in Britain in speaking modes	10
14689464905	Genre	The category used to persuade: biography, autobiography, speech, narrative, editorial, blog, etc	11