ap language rhetorical terms Flashcards

15232339825	audience	the listener, viewer, or reader of a text	0
15232339826	concession	acknowledgment that an opposing argument may be reasonable	1
15232642379	Connotation	meanings readers may have with a word that is beyond what the dictionary says	2
15232642380	Denotation	The dictionary definition of a word	3
15232642381	context	The circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surrounding a text.	4
15232642382	Counterargument	an opposing argument to the one a writer is putting forward (strong writers do this)	5
15232642383	Personification	giving lifelike atributes to an inanimate object	6
15232642384	Ethos	credibility/knowledge	7
15232642385	Satire	the use of irony to critique society	8
15232642386	periodic sentence	sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end	9
15232642387	Pathos	Appeal to emotion thru images or text	10
15232642388	Exigence	an issue, problem, or situation that causes or prompts someone to write or speak	11
15232642389	compound sentence	a sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses, often joined by one or more conjunctions	12
15232642390	Logos	Appeal to logic and facts stats data graphs	13
15232642391	kainos	recent; sence of timing	14
15232642392	Metonymy	A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is related with it	15
15232642393	occasion	situation that influences a writer to write	16
15232642394	Oxymoron	a paradox made up of two seemingly contradictory words (this peaceful revolution)	17
15232642395	complex sentence	A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause	18
15232642396	Persona	"mask" the face or character that a speaker shows to his or her audience	19
15232642397	pedantic	Excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules/precision	20
15232642398	Synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa	21
15232642399	polemic	aggressive argument that tries to establish the superiority of one opinion over all others	22
15232642400	Zeugma	use of two different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different meanings	23
15232642401	Polysyndeton	Deliberate use of many conjunctions between coordinate phrases/clauses/words	24
15232642402	Propaganda	Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause.	25
15232642403	rhetorical question	A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer	26
15232642404	Syntax	Sentence structure; arrangement of words into phrases/clauses/sentences	27
15232642405	purpose	the goal the speaker wants to achieve	28
15232642406	tone	Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character	29
15232642407	Understatement	the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is.	30
15232642408	Refutation	a denial of the validity of an opposing argument	31
15232642409	wit	use of humor/irony in the contimation of an argument	32
15232642410	Analogy	A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way	33
15232642411	Rhetoric	the art of using language effectively and persuasively; finding ways to persuade an argument	34
15232642412	allusion	A reference to another work of literature, person, or event	35
15232642413	Alliteration	Repetition of initial consonant sounds (she sells seashells by the seashore)	36
15232642414	rhetorical appeals	Rhetorical techniques used to persuade an audience by emphasizing what they find most important or compelling.	37
15232642415	text	arrangements of words into phrases	38
15232642416	subject	The topic of a text. What the text is about.	39
15232642417	SOAPS	Subject, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Speaker; elements that make up a rhetorical situation	40
15232642418	speaker	the person who creates a text	41
15232642419	antecedent	The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.	42
15232642420	Antimetabole	Repetition of words in reverse order (you like it, it likes you)	43
15232642421	Parallelsim	similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses	44
15232642422	didactic	intended to instruct, not for entertainment	45
15232642423	expletive	words that dont add any structure (swear)	46
15232642424	Paradox	A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible/ironic truth.	47
15232642425	Euphemism	An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant	48
15232642426	horative sentence	sentence that calls to action	49
15232642427	Mood	Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader with the text	50
15232642428	imperative sentence	sentence used to command or enjoin	51
15232642429	anecdote	a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. story to illistrate a claim	52
15232642430	Metaphor	figure of speech A comparison without using like or as	53
15232642431	Antithesis	opposition/contrast of ideas or words in a parallel construction	54
15232642432	Diction	word choice. what words add to the message	55
15232642433	Juxtaposition	Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts	56
15232642434	archaic diction	old-fashioned or outdated choice of words	57
15232642435	Collequial/colloquialism	used in ordinary/familiar conversation. not formal	58
15232642436	Irony	when a character says one thing and means something else	59
15232642437	homily	a sermon	60
15232642438	invective	an insulting or abusive language.	61
15232642439	Inversion	inverted order of words in a sentence (variation of the subject-verb-object order)	62
15232642440	Interference	conclusion based on clues and knowledge and evidence and reasoning	63
15232642441	Asyndeton	omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words	64
15232642442	Imagery	Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)	65
15232642443	Polysyndeton	Deliberate use of many conjunctions between words/clauses/phrases	66
15232642444	clause	A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb.	67
15232642445	Hyperbole	exaggeration used for emphasis to produce an ironic effect	68
15232642446	subordinate clause	introduced by a conjunction that forms part of and is dependent on the main clause	69
15232642447	modifier	an adj/adv/phrase/clause that modifies a noun/pronoun/verb. purpose: describe and focus	70
15232642448	cumulative sentence	sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and adds on	71
15232642449	Anaphora	the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses/phrases/lines	72