AP Terminology (Day 3)

Question 1

Diction

Answer 1

word choice, an element of style; Diction creates tone, attitude, and style as well as meaning

Question 2

Didactic

Answer 2

writing whose purpose is to instruct or to teach

Question 3

Discourse

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Emotional Appeal

Answer 4

pathos: when a writer appeals to readers’ emotions

Question 5

Epigraph

Answer 5

the use of quotation at the beginning of a work that hints at its theme

Question 6

Ethical Appeal

Answer 6

ethos: 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

Question 7

Euphemism

Answer 7

a more acceptable and usually more pleasant way of saying something that might be inappropriate or uncomfortable