AP terms 3 Flashcards
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Diction
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word choice and element of style; creates tone,attitude, and styles, as well as meanings.
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Didactic
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writing whose purpose is to instruct or to teach. a didactic work is usually formal and focuses on moral or ethical concerns. can be fiction or nonfiction.
3
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Emotional Appeal- Pathos
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when a writer appeals to readers’ emotions. to excite and involve.
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Epigraph
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use of quotations at the beginning of a work that hints at its theme
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Discourse
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spoken or written language,including literary works.
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Ethical appeal- Ethos
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writer tries to persuade the guidance to respect and believe based on presentation through text.
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Euphemism
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a more acceptable and usually more pleasant way of saying something that might be inappropriate or uncomfortable
