AP Language & Composition - Vocab Flashcards
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| 14677217992 | diction | the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing | 0 | |
| 14677217993 | rhetoric | the language used to persuade an audience | 1 | |
| 14677219130 | bombastic | boastful talk | 2 | |
| 14677219131 | ethos | celebrity used to persuade | 3 | |
| 14677219132 | logos | facts used to persuade | 4 | |
| 14677219145 | pathos | emotions used to persuade | 5 | |
| 14677222597 | capricious | impulsive | 6 | |
| 14677222598 | tone | the writer's attitude towards the topic | 7 | |
| 14677222599 | appeal | to arouse a sympathetic response | 8 | |
| 14677224064 | argument | a way of speaking to persuade | 9 | |
| 14677224065 | colloquialism | words not formally used in papers (y'all, ain't) | 10 | |
| 14677225649 | connotation | same definition of a world, but different feeling (home- al warm place to live: house- a building you live in) | 11 | |
| 14677225650 | apathy | lack of expression/passion | 12 | |
| 14677225675 | paradox | less is more, wise fool | 13 | |
| 14677227330 | dialect | language that changes because you're in a different place | 14 | |
| 14677227331 | understatement | I only have two dollars in my bank account | 15 | |
| 14677227332 | hyperbole | I have a million dollars in my bank account | 16 | |
| 14677229573 | anecdote | a small, entertaining story about a real situation | 17 | |
| 14677229574 | condescending | patronizing or assuming superiority | 18 | |
| 14677230735 | voice | an author's distinctive way of writing | 19 |