AP Language Day 8

Question 1

“diction” is our choice of words. Thus, “Provocative Diction” is the purposeful
choice of words serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate a provocative question that
will frame a rhetorical argument.

Answer 1

Provocative Diction

Question 2

The action or process of classifying something according to shared qualities or
characteristics. This often is a strategy of argumentation or an argumentative response in an effort
to provide the reader with structure to YOUR argument. It would be considered a support to both
LOGOS and ETHOS in presenting an argument.

Answer 2

Classification

Question 3

For example, you win 10 million dollars in a lottery. When you tell a news reporter
“I am delighted”, you are making an understatement. Similarly, suppose a team loses to its
opponent 50 to 0 in a soccer match and the captain of the team says in a post-match ceremony
says, “We did not do well”, it is an understatement because he is trying to decrease the intensity
of the loss. It is the opposite of HYPERBOLE or OVERSTATEMENT

Answer 3

Understatement

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Colorful Diction