AP Language- Terms Flashcards
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| 14860599391 | ad hominem | a type of logical fallacy, personal attack on the opposition | 0 | |
| 14860625273 | aim, intention, purpose | why? The writers main goal or objective | 1 | |
| 14860635718 | Allusion | a reference to some other source, to bring in an outside source | 2 | |
| 14860655556 | Anadiplosis | a form of repetition in which the last word of one clause or sentence is repeated as the first word of the following clause or sentence | 3 | |
| 14860672101 | Analogy | a type of comparison between something that is familiar to an audience , to something non-familiar | 4 | |
| 14860695296 | anecdote | a short story used to grab attention or to support a claim | 5 | |
| 14860718594 | Antimetabole | the repetition of words in consecutive phrases but in reverse order | 6 | |
| 14860738141 | Antithesis | when you use contrasting or opposite words and ideas | 7 | |
| 14860756885 | Appeal | strategies of argument using logos, ethos, and pathos | 8 | |
| 14860769664 | argument | a belief or opinion represented in the piece of writing | 9 | |
| 14860783085 | Aristolian Triangle | rhetor(writer) subject auduence(reader) | 10 | |
| 14860811726 | arrangement | charts, groups | 11 | |
| 14860821185 | Asyndeton | the omission of conjunctions in consecutive phrases | 12 | |
| 14860836683 | attitude, stance | others attitude / belief in the subject matter | 13 | |
| 14860846159 | audience | intended readers and listeners | 14 | |
| 14860858175 | Begging of the question | a situation based on the writers assumption that the audience rejects | 15 | |
| 14860874610 | casual relationship | an if/then relationship of causes and effects | 16 | |
| 14860888930 | Claim/generalization/thesis | main point of argument, main opinion | 17 | |
| 14860898699 | Climax | the arrangement of words in the order of increasing importance | 18 | |
| 14860913154 | Climbing the ladder | connecting two words in the order of importance | 19 |