AP Terminology (Day 3)

Question 1

Word choice, an element of style; creates tone, attitude, and style, as well as meaning.

Answer 1

Diction

Question 2

Writing whose purpose is to instruct or to teach.

Answer 2

Didactic

Question 3

Spoken or written language, including literary works; the four traditionally classified modes are description, exposition, narration, and persuasion

Answer 3

Discourse

Question 4

When a write appeals to reader’s emotions to excite and involve them in the argument

Answer 4

Emotional Appeal-Pathos

Question 5

The use of a quotation at the beginning of a work that hints at its theme. Hemingway begins The Sun Also Rises with two epigraphs. One of them is “You are all a lost generation” by Gertrude Stein.

Answer 5

Epigraph

Question 6

When a writer tries to persuade the audience to respect and believe him or her based on a presentation of image of self through the text.

Answer 6

Ethical Apeal- Ethos

Question 7

A more acceptable and usually more pleasant way of saying something that might be inappropriate or uncomfortable. “He went to his final reward” is a common euphemism for “he died”. Often used to obscure the reality of a situation. The military uses “Collateral damage” to indicate civilian deaths in a military operation.

Answer 7

Euphemism