AP Notes 95-98 Flashcards
Propaganda Deification
An idea that is make to appear holy, sacred, and therefore above the law. Any opposite viewpoints are looked upon as treason or blasphemy.
Conceit
develops a comparison which is exceedingly unlikely, but is, nonetheless, intellectually imaginative. A comparison turns into a conceit when the writer tries to make us admit a similarity between two thins of whose unlikeness we are strongly conscious and for this reason they are often surprising.
Claim
An argument that is used by the writer to support his or her position.
Catharsis
An emotional discharge through which one can achieve a state of moral or spiritual renewal or achieve a state of liberation from anxiety or stress. It means cleansing.