AP Lang and Comp Vocab

Question 1

Argument - Rhetoric

Answer 1

a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating truth or falsehood

Question 2

Counterargument - Rhetoric

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Rebuttal - Rhetoric

Answer 3

a literary device wherein a writer presents reasons or evidence that undermine or challenge an opposing argument.

Question 4

Qualification - Rhetoric

Answer 4

to set some limits or boundaries on an argument.

Question 5

Occasion - Rhetorical Situation

Answer 5

the setting or situation, describes the circumstances of the text.

Question 6

Context - Rhetorical Situation

Answer 6

the situation that surrounds your act of writing.

Question 7

Purpose - Rhetorical Situation

Question 8

Speaker - Rhetorical Situation

Question 9

Subject - Rhetorical Situation

Question 10

Audience - Rhetorical Situation

Question 11

Exigence - Rhetorical Situation

Question 12

Ethos - Argument Appeals

Question 13

Pathos - Argument Appeals

Question 14

Logos - Argument Appeals

Question 15

Background - Visual Rhetoric

Question 16

Foreground - Visual Rhetoric

Question 17

Perspective - Visual Rhetoric

Question 18

Objective - Visual Rhetoric

Question 19

Subjective - Visual Rhetoric

Question 20

Arrangement - Visual Rhetoric

Question 21

Repetition - Visual Rhetoric

Question 22

Exaggeration - Visual Rhetoric

Question 23

Juxtaposition - Visual Rhetoric

Question 24

Omission - Visual Rhetoric

Question 25

Question at Issue - Paul’s Wheel

Question 26

Purpose - Paul’s Wheel

Question 27

Evidence/data - Paul’s Wheel

Question 28

Assumption - Paul’s Wheel

Question 29

POV - Paul’s Wheel