AP Terms Flashcards

14761982083	Audience	a group of listeners, readers or spectators	0
14761983381	Rhetoric	the art of using language effectively and persuasively	1
14761983404	Metaphor	a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable	2
14761988693	Bias	a particular preference or point of view that is personal, rather than scientific	3
14761989445	Connotation	an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning	4
14761992287	Context	the circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surrounding a text	5
14761997810	Memoir	biography about fraction of someones life, typically a historical event	6
14762000648	Autobiography	an account of a person's life written by that person	7
14762001659	Ethos	the credibility of the speaker	8
14762002977	Logos	the logic of the speaker	9
14762003805	Pathos	the emotional appeal of the speaker	10
14762006681	Imagery	visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work	11
14762007566	Rhetorical Appeal	the mode of persuasion, ethos, pathos, logos	12
14762011886	Biography	an account of someone's life written by someone else	13
14762011984	Text	a book or other written or printed work, regarded in terms of its content rather than its physical form	14
14762014552	Occasion	a particular time or instance of an event	15
14762016966	Purpose	the goal the speaker wants to achieve	16
14762017993	Diction	the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing	17
14933463733	Counterargument	an opposing argument to the one a writer is putting forward	18
14933463734	Concession	an acknowledgement that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable	19
14933463735	Refutation	a denial of the validity of an opposing argument	20
14933463736	Propaganda	the spread of ideas and information to further a cause	21
14933463737	Polemic	greek for "hostile" an argument that establishes the superiority of one opinion over all others.	22