AP Lang. 4

Question 1

Syntax

Answer 1

Set of rules in a language. Dictates how words from different parts of speech are put together in order to convey a complete though. How we choose to arrange our words

Question 2

Provocative Diction

Answer 2

Purposeful choice of words serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate a provocative question that will frame a rhetorical argument

Question 3

Classification

Answer 3

Classifying something according to shared qualities or characteristics

Question 4

Understatement

Answer 4

Opposite of hyperbole or overstatement.

Question 5

Color Dictation

Answer 5

Diction is your conscious choice of words as a writer. It stands to reason that
“Colorful Diction” is a very purposeful word choice that will serve to accentuate meaning and
tone

Question 6

Counterargument

Answer 6

An argument or set of reasons put forward to oppose an idea or theory
developed in another argument.

Question 7

Claim

Answer 7

If somebody gives an argument to support his/her position, it is called making a claim.
Different reasons are usually presented to prove why a certain point should be accepted as logical

Question 8

Evidence

Answer 8

a type of literary device that appears in different categories of essays and theses
in the form of paraphrase and quotations. It is presented to persuade the readers and used with powerful
arguments in the texts or essays

Question 9

Warrant

Answer 9

the glue that holds an argument together. It links the evidence to the claim.

Question 10

Fallacy

Answer 10

A fallacy is an erroneous argument dependent upon an unsound or illogical contention.
There are many fallacy examples that we can find in everyday conversations.

Question 11

Logical Fallacy

Answer 11

In argumentation, a formal fallacy (also called deductive fallacy) is a pattern of
reasoning/thinking rendered invalid by a flaw in its logical structure that can neatly be expressed
in a standard logic system, for example propositional logic. An argument that is
formally fallacious is always considered wrong.

Question 12

Prophacy

Answer 12

Many believe that a prediction and a prophecy are the same, but they are mistaken. It is
true that both “forecast” the future, but there is a significant difference. A prophesy has all the
elements of a prediction except the element of time. Without the element of time, a prophecy is
hard to determine. A “prophecy” has more of a religious connotation since there is an element of
uncertainty about time

Question 13

Prediction

Answer 13

A prediction is a forecast made by those who calculate the parameters of the subject
involved after evaluating the odds they can predict the future. The weather forecast is a good
example. A “prediction” is limited to a time element, unlike a prophesy.