AP notes 31-36

Question 1

Understatement

Answer 1

ex: you win ten million dollars in the lottery, when you tell a reporter “I am delighted”, you are making an understatement

Question 2

Colorful Diction

Answer 2

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 3

Counterargument

Answer 3

An argument or set of reasons put forward to oppose an idea or theory developed in another argument. (when writing in argument form, its mandatory to start the other side)

Question 4

Claim

Answer 4

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 5

Evidence

Answer 5

a type of literary device that appears in different categories of essays and theses in the form of paraphrase and quotations

Question 6

Warrant

Answer 6

the glue that holds an argument together. (links the evidence to the claim as to “why” your evidence supports your assertion/claim