AP Lang Flashcards
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| 10639046410 | rhetorical style | how a writer uses rhetorical devices to create images in your head ex. imagery | 0 | |
| 10639046411 | rhetorical triangle | speaker; writer, narrator, voice, message; point, meaning, theme, audience; listener, viewer, reader, receiver purpose; goal, objective , tone; flavor, feeling, attitude, ambiance, method; mode, format, process, technique |  | 1 |
| 10639046412 | ethos | ethical, persuading by appealing to the ethical ex. Dr. recommended products | 2 | |
| 10639046413 | pathos | emotional, persuading by appealing to the reader's emotions ex. the dogs in the humane society commercials | 3 | |
| 10639046414 | logos | logical ex. 100=10x10 | 4 | |
| 10639046415 | syntax | the construction of the sentence ex. short vs long sentences | 5 | |
| 10639046416 | diction | word choice, or the style of speaking that a writer, speaker, or character uses ex. | 6 | |
| 10639046417 | point of view (position) | your position toward the speaker and the argument ex. 1st limited, 3rd person omniscient, rhetorical point of view, | 7 | |
| 10639046418 | devices of language | a device used by a writer to help the readers artistic ends but also gives readers a greater understanding and appreciation of their literary works ex. figurative devices | 8 | |
| 10639046419 | tone | the writers attitude toward his or her subject ex. | 9 | |
| 10639046420 | imagery | language and description the writer uses to appeal to the five senses ex. | 10 | |
| 10639046421 | figures of speech | a word or phrase used in a non-literal sense for rhetorical or vivid effect ex. its raining cats and dogs | 11 | |
| 10639046422 | 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 ex. | 12 | |
| 10639046423 | simile | a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid ex. brave as a lion | 13 | |
| 10639046424 | trope | a figurative or metaphorical use of a word or expression, ---when you turn from literal to figurative--- | 14 | |
| 10639046425 | metonymy | the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, attribute or symbol to represent something else- businessman suit | 15 | |
| 10639046426 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa ex. car-wheels | 16 | |
| 10639046427 | phrasing | musical quality, dr seuss, created by sentence length, created by words in the sentence | 17 | |
| 10639046428 | coordination | the organization of the different elements of a complex body or activity so as to enable them to work together effectively | 18 | |
| 10639046429 | subordination | a clause, typically introduced by a conjunction, that forms part of and is dependent on a main clause | 19 | |
| 10639046430 | parallelism | the use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose that correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning | 20 | |
| 10639046431 | repetition | the action of repeating something that has already been said or written ex. he went to the store he went to school he went to the mall | 21 | |
| 10639046432 | modes of discourse | means + purpose for communicating ex. tv | 22 | |
| 10639046433 | MOD a. persuasion | the action or fact of persuading someone or of being persuaded to do or believe something | 23 | |
| 10639046434 | MOD aa. argumentative | given to expressing divergent or opposite views | 24 | |
| 10639046435 | MOD b. expository | intended to explain or describe something ex. cookbook | 25 | |
| 10639046436 | MOD c. narrative | a spoken or written account of connected events; a story | 26 | |
| 10639046437 | MOD d. descriptive | serving or seeking to describe | 27 | |
| 10639046438 | cause/effect | in which one event (the cause) makes another event happen (the effect) | 28 | |
| 10639046439 | compare/contrast | contrast something is to look for differences among two or more elements, but compare is to do the opposite, to look for similarities comparison- show similarities contrast- show differences | 29 | |
| 10639046440 | balance | A balanced sentence is made up of two segments which are equal, not only in length, but also in grammatical structure and meaning | 30 | |
| 10639046441 | litotes | ironic understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary- saying 'that dress is soooooo cute' when you dont actually like it | 31 |