AP Language & Composition Vocab Flashcards

14983438093	Rhetoric	the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, Specific purpose and a specific audience in mind.	0
14983460028	The Rhetorical Situation	The set of circumstances that influence the text.	1
14983477170	SO2AP2s	Helps assess Rhetorical situations of text.	2
14983487302	Speaker	the person or group who creates a text	3
14983497915	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).	4
14983506358	Ethos	beliefs or character of a group, also credibility	5
14983513833	Logos	Appeal to logic	6
14983525620	Counterargument	A challenge to a position; an opposing argument	7
14983532817	Occasion	the time and place a speech is given or a piece is written, includes circumstances attitudes, and events surrounding the time	8
14983563064	Context	Broad influence surrounding text, historical, cultural, and social movements at the time.	9
14983584433	Exigence	an issue, problem, or situation that causes or prompts someone to write or speak	10
14983588704	Audience	One's listener or readership; those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed.	11
14983598325	Speaker's Purpose	speaker or writer's intentions, the effect they hope to have on the reader/listener.	12
14983603322	Claims	state or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof.	13
14983613242	Intended Effect	What the speaker wants the effect to be	14
14983621838	Actual Effect	How the Audience really responds to the text	15
14983635337	Strategic Choices	AKA Rhetorical choices, methods a speaker uses to reach goal and ultimately the audience. Organization is the #1 way.	16
14983664992	Connotation	an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.	17
14983669959	Denotation	The dictionary definition of a word	18
14983674446	Concession	A reluctant acknowledgment or yielding.	19
14983678789	Refutation	a denial of the validity of an opposing argument	20
14983678790	Pathos	Appeal to emotion	21
14983688230	Propaganda	Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause.	22
14983688231	Polemic	an aggressive argument against a specific opinion	23
14983693677	Humour	the quality of being amusing or comic, especially as expressed in literature or speech.	24
14983705033	Satire	the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.	25
14983879157	Rhetorical Triangle	A diagram that illustrates the interrelationship among the speaker, audience, and subject in determining a text.	26
15102274833	Arguement	a series of statements in a text designed to convince us of something.	27
15102281819	Discourse	written or spoken communication or debate	28
15102287175	Rogerian Argument	based on the assumption that having a full understanding of an opposing position is essential to responding to it persuasively and refuting it in a way that is ACCOMODATING RATHER THAN ALLIENATING	29
15123099024	Claim of Fact	A claim of fact asserts that something is true or not true.	30
15123103943	Claim of Value	argues that something is good or bad, right or wrong, desirable or not desirable.	31
15448079481	claim of policy	proposes a change.	32
15448086351	argument	A statement put forth and supported by evidence	33
15448089154	dicourse	written or spoken communication or debate	34
15448094216	implicit	(adj.) implied or understood though unexpressed; without doubts or reservations, unquestioning; potentially contained in	35
15448094217	explicit	clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression	36
15448097950	closed thesis	a statement of the main idea of the argument that also previews the major points the writer intends to make	37
15448107311	open thesis	one that does not list all the points the writer intends to cover in an essay	38
15448110180	counterargument thesis	a summary of the counterargument, usually qualified by although or but, precedes the writer's opinion	39
15448127689	relevant evidence	Evidence tending to make a fact at issue in the case more or less probable than it would be without the evidence. Only relevant evidence is admissible in court.	40
15448130895	accurate evidence	Taking care to quote sources correctly without misrepresenting what the sources are saying or taking the information out of context.	41
15448135033	Sufficient Evidence	Proof. Anything that can make a person believe that a fact or proposition is true or false.	42
15448149365	first-hand evidence	Evidence based on something the writer knows, whether it's from personal experience, observations, or general knowledge of events.	43
15448153652	personal experience	A short story about an experience in your life that is relevant to the writing topic. Example: "As a child I was deathly afraid of water, so naturally I joined the swim team."	44
15448156954	anecdote	a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person	45
15448163854	current events	situations happening right now around the world	46
15448168709	second-hand evidence	Evidence that is accessed through research, reading, and investigation. It includes factual and historical information, expert opinion, and quantitative data.	47
15448168869	Historical Information	Documents and data on prior projects including project files, records, correspondence, closed contracts, and closed projects.	48
15448177788	Expert Opinion	recommendations of individuals who have expertise in a particular area that are sometimes the basis of a group's decision-making process	49
15448182307	quantitative evidence	includes things that can be measured, cited, counted, or otherwise represented in numbers	50
15448187717	The classical arrangement of argument	made up of five components, which are most commonly composed in the following order: Exordium - The introduction, opening, or hook. Narratio - The context or background of the topic. Proposito and Partitio - The claim/stance and the argument.	51
15448201840	Induction	factual reasoning	52
15448204977	deduction	the process of moving from a general rule to a specific example	53
15448231594	major premise	the first part of a syllogism, consisting of a general statement about the subject of your argument	54
15448231595	minor premise	a statement about a specific case related to the general characteristics of the major premise	55
15448231596	Syllogism	A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.	56
15458282604	Toulmin Model	An approach to analyzing and constructing arguments: Because (evidence as support), therefore (claim), since (warrant or assumption), on account of (backing), unless (reservation).	57