AP Language LoC CH.1 Flashcards
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| 14477423981 | Aristotelian/rhetorical triangle | A diagram that illustrates the interrelationship among the speaker, audience, and subject in determining a text. | 0 | |
| 14477424701 | audience | the listener, viewer, or reader of a text | 1 | |
| 14477426338 | concession | an acknowledgement that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable | 2 | |
| 14477427652 | connotation | a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly | 3 | |
| 14477428418 | context | the circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surrounding a text. | 4 | |
| 14477429538 | counterargument | an opposing argument to the one a writer is putting forward. the writer addresses it through concession and refutation | 5 | |
| 14477433195 | ethos | credibility/trust, established by who you are and what you say | 6 | |
| 14477435488 | logos | an appeal based on logic or reason by offering clear, rational ideas. used by providing specific details, examples, etc. to back them up | 7 | |
| 14477439119 | occasion | the time and place a speech is given or a piece is written | 8 | |
| 14477439815 | pathos | emotional appeal. playing on the audience's values, desires, hopes, or fears and prejudices. | 9 | |
| 14477442732 | persona | the face or character that a speaker shows to his or her audience | 10 | |
| 14477444220 | polemic | an aggressive argument that tries to establish the superiority of one opinion over all others | 11 | |
| 14477458273 | propaganda | the spread of ideas and information to further a cause | 12 | |
| 14477459246 | purpose | the goal the speaker wants to achieve | 13 | |
| 14477459844 | refutation | a denial of the validity of an opposing argument. to sound reasonable, they often follow a concession | 14 | |
| 14477462804 | rhetoric | the art of finding ways to persuade an audience | 15 | |
| 14477464812 | rhetorical appeals | used to persuade an audience by emphasizing what they find most important or compelling | 16 | |
| 14477466320 | SOAPS | Subject, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Speaker | 17 | |
| 14477467599 | speaker | the person or group who creates a text | 18 | |
| 14477468363 | subject | the topic of a text/what the text is about | 19 | |
| 14477469728 | text | any cultural product that can be "read" - meaning not just consumed and comprehended, but investigated | 20 |