AP Running Notes 31-40 Flashcards
Trying to decrease the intensity of something. It is the opposite of hyperbole or overstatement.
Understatement
Very purposeful word choice that will serve to accentuate meaning and tone.
Colorful Diction
an argument or set of reasons put forward to oppose an idea or theory developed in another argument. When writing in the argumentative mode, it is MANDATORY that the writer acknowledges the “other” side to his or her argument. It is part of the refutation of some else’s claim to support your own side of the argument you are making.
Counterargument
An argument to support your position. Different reasons are usually presented to prove why a certain point should be accepted as logical.
Claim
Type of literary device that appears in different categories of essays and theses in the form of paraphrase and quotations. If there is no evidence the claim stands squashed. Literary evidence is only used in literature, essays, and research papers for persuasion and convincing purposes.
Evidence
Glue that holds an argument together. It links the evidence to the claim. It says something like, “This evidence supports the claim because…” and it is always in a similar form that is more of a statement of HOW it supports your viewpoint.
Warrant
An erroneous argument dependent upon unsound or illogical contention.
Fallacy
A formal fallacy (deductive) is a pattern of reasoning/thinking rendered invalid by a flaw in its logical structure that can neatly be expressed in a standard logic system such as propositional logic. Is always considered wrong.
Logical Fallacy
Both this and a prediction “forecast” the future, but this type of forecast does not include the element of time, and is therefor hard to predict and has more of a religious connotation.
Prophecy
Forecast made by those who calculate the parameters of the subject involved after evaluating the odds. The weather forecast is a good example, and this is limited to a time element.
Prediction
