AP Language Terms and Definitions Flashcards

11053466282	Appeals to Ethos	A persuasive strategy in which a speaker/writer appeals to the audience's sense of trust Writers and speakers often have to build ----- by explaining their credentials or background to their readers, or by emphasizing shared values to gain the reader's trust	0
11053496766	Ethos	A commercial about a specific brand of toothpaste says that 4 out of 5 dentists use it.	1
11053496767	Ethos	A political candidate talks about his experiences as a soldier, as a businessman, and as a politician-in contrast to his opponent.	2
11053500275	Ethos	At a meeting about new standards in education, the featured speaker is a college professor, who argues for the new standards.	3
11053502898	Appeal to Logos	A persuasive strategy in which a speaker/writer appeals to the audience's sense of logic Speakers appeal to -----, or reason, by offering clear, rational ideas. Look for and use: facts, data/statistics, scientific facts, literal or historical analogies, definitions, and quotations	4
11053537529	Logos	A politician argues for a new domestic spending program by stating facts and figures	5
11053537530	Logos	"All men are mortal. Socrates is a man. Therefore, Socrates is mortal."	6
11053537531	Logos	A study on using a specific reading program to teach young children to read cites statistics regarding the number of children who have been helped by the program, their demographics, the conditions under which they used the program, and the gains they made in their reading proficiency while using the program.	7
11053566795	Appeal to Pathos	A persuasive strategy in which a speaker/writer appeals to the audience's sense of emotion An effective speaker or writer understands the power of evoking an audience's emotions by using such tools as figurative language, personal anecdotes, and vivid images	8
11053587385	Pathos	"If we don't move soon, we're all going to die! Can't you see how dangerous it would be to stay?"	9
11053587386	Pathos	"I'm not just invested in this community - I love every building, every business, every hard-working member of this town."	10
11053587528	Pathos	"There's no price that can be placed on peace of mind. Our advanced security systems will protect the well-being of your family so that you can sleep soundly at night."	11
11053677238	Argument	A process of reasoned inquiry; it is a persuasive discourse resulting in a coherent and considered movement from a claim to a conclusion	12
11053703723	Argument	"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."	13
11053715080	Claim	also known as an assertion or proposition, it states the argument's main idea or position; it differs from a topic or subject in that it has to be arguable	14
11053734153	Claim	Every other girl in her school has a cell phone.	15