AP Language - Terms Flashcards

10634785577	Argument	method of representing a belief or opinion	0
10634802748	Ad hominem	Type of logical fallacy where you attack the person you are arguing with personally; don't want to have in argument	1
10634829406	Aim/Intention/Purpose	Writer's main goal or objective	2
10634837987	Allusion	Reference to something outside the source	3
10634904029	Anadiplosis	repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause	4
10648262929	Analogy	Comparison between something that's familiar with something that is not	5
10648317379	Antimetabole	Repetition of words in consecutive clauses, but in reverse order	6
10648333313	Antithesis	Opposite of words or phrases that are used in parallel structure	7
10648343214	Appeal	Strategies of Argument	8
10648350982	Anecdote	Short story or personal event that's used to grab attention of the audience or to support an opinion	9
10648442425	Aristotelian Triangle	Rhetor - Topic/Subject - Audience	10
10648486378	Arrangement	Structure of argument and placement of rhetorical devices	11
10648493843	Asyndeton	Phrases without conjections	12
10648526800	Attitude/Stance	A writer's belief towards audience and subject matter	13
10648538433	Audience	Intended reader or listener of an argument	14
10648550375	Begging of the question	A situation based on a writer/speaker's assumption that the audience rejects	15
10648572335	Causal relationship	Cause and effect/if-then relationship; good way to persuade logically	16
10648592241	Claim/Generalization/Thesis	Main point of argument	17
10648594829	Climax	Arrangement of words in order of increasing importance	18
10648611326	Climbing the ladder	Combo of climax and anadiplosis	19
10659013199	Logos	an appeal to logic and reason	20
10659015526	Ethos	Trying to establish credibility and reliability	21
10659018766	Pathos	Bringing emotions into it	22