AP Notes Terms 81-90

Question 1

language used by the people of a specific area, class, district or other group of people; involves spelling, sounds, grammar, and pronunciation used by a particular group and distinguishes them from another

Answer 1

Dialect

Question 2

extreme pride and arrogance shown by a character that ultimately brings about their downfall; give a moral lesson to audience and readers so they are motivated to remove flaws that can cause tragedy

Answer 2

Hubris

Question 3

literary device used by writers for a prominent character that has characteristics opposite to that of a conventional hero; typically clumsy, unsolicited, and unskilled and has both good and bad qualities

Answer 3

Anti-Hero

Question 4

persuasive technique and type of propaganda through which a writer persuades his readers, so that majority could agree with the argument of the writer; to follow what others are doing

Answer 4

Band Wagon

Question 5

purpose is to make the audience think and act in a way that majority follows; tendency of following beliefs and actions occurs when audience sees others are also conforming

Answer 5

Band Wagon (function)

Question 6

primary function is to persuade readers and mold their perceptions about a particular cause

Answer 6

Propaganda

Question 7

appeals to a person’s imagination of something we like to trust ex. “Make America Great Again”

Answer 7

Propaganda-transfer

Question 8

VIRTUE WORDS or GLITTERING GENERALITY; words used to dupe us into accepting and approving of things without examining evidence carefully ex. “Natural”, “organic”, “ecological”

Answer 8

Propaganda-glittering generalities

Question 9

when some respected celebrity (or generally hated) claims a product is good (bad)

Answer 9

Propaganda-testimonial

Question 10

used by a speaker to convince an audience that an idea is good because they are the same ideas of the vast majority of people like themselves; very similar to bandwagon

Answer 10

Propaganda-plain folks