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APL Rhetorical Terms Flashcards

To master the rhetorical terms in AP

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Abstract

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Refers to language that describes an idea rather than concrete images. To observe or “Physically describe” is usually a concrete image.

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Allegory

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Extended narrative in prose or in verse in which characters, events, and settings represent abstract qualities: has a second meaning

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Ancedote

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A short, single narrative of an incident. Can be added for humorous effect or to make a point

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Annotation

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Explanatory notes added to a text to explain, cite sources, or give bibliographic data

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Antithesis

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The presentation of two contrasting images. “To be or not to be,” , “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country”

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Aphorism

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a short, often witty statement about a truth of life

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Apostrophe

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Usually in Poetic writing, but also can be used in prose, the device of calling out to the abstract.

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Argumentation

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Writing that attempts to prove the validation of a point or theory by presenting a reasoned argument.

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Cacophony-Dissonance

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Harsh, awkward, or dissonant sounds used in deliberate in poetry or prose, opposite of Euphony

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Caricature

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Descriptive writing that greatly describes exaggeratedly a specific feature of a person in appearance or in personality

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Colliqualim

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Anything that can be used in informal writing but cannot be used in formal writing.

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Coherence, Unity

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Quality of a piece of writing in which all the parts are used to develop central ideas, themes of the organization princible

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Concrete language

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Describes specific, “physical” or “observable” things rather than abstract Idea’s

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Consanance

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Repetition of a constant sound

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Condrum

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A riddle where the answer is a pun, it may also be a paradox or an answer to a difficult problem

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Deduction

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The process of moving from a general rule to a specific answer

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Denotation

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Literal meaning of a word or phrase

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Description

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Picturing something through the five senses. One of the 4 modes of discourse

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Diction

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Word Choice, an element of style. Creates the tone, attitude, etc..

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Didactic

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Writing whose purpose if to instruct or to teach. Is usually formal, and ethical

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Discourse

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Spoken or witting of language. The four modes are: Description,Exposition, Narration, and Persuasion

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Emotional Appeal

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Pathos, appealing to the readers/viewers emotion

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Epigraph

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The use of a quotation at the beginning of a work or chapter to foreshadow events.

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Ethical Appeal

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Ethos; Usually appeals to the ethical side of persuasion, however, also the Persona tries to display themselves as proffesionals

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Euphemism

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A more pleasant or acceptable way to say something inappropriate or uncomfortable. Usually makes light of the situation

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Euphony

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A succession of harmonious sounds that is used in poetry

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Example

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An individual findings or experience

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Explication

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The are of interpreting or discovering the meaning of text. Involves close reading and special attention to Fig. Lang.

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Exposition

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The immediate revelation to the audience of the setting and other background information needed to understand the plot. One of the four modes of discourse

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Generalization

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Basing a claim upon an isolated example or claims is certain rather than probable. Sweeping Generalizations occur when a writer notes that a claim applies to all instances

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Genre

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A type of literary work or a category

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Humor

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Anything that causes laughter or amusement; use to mean “temperament”

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Hyperbole

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A deliberate exaggeration to create humor or emphasis

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Image

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Words or a word used to describe a sensory experience or an object perceivable by the senses. An image is always a concrete rep.

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Imagery

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Words or phrases that use a collection of images to make a mental sensory picture

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Induction

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Process that moves from a given series of examples to a gerneralization

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Inference

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Conclusion that can be drawn from the present information

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Invective

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A verbally abusive attack

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Inversion

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reversing the customary (subject, verb, compliment) order of elements of a sentence or a phrase. Is often used to pose a question. Usually, the element that appears first is the verb or compliment.

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Jargon

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The special language of professionals in a certain career area

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Logical appeal-Logos

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An attempt to persuade a reader or listener through Logic, reasoning, Cause-effect

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Lyrical

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Song like- Characterized by subject, object, or image

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Mode

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The Method of a literary work

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Mood

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Similar to tone, this sets the emotional state of a paper, and syntax is very important

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Narration

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The telling of a story, one of the four modes of discourse

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Onjectivity

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An authors attempt to remove him/herself from a piece of writing and only tell the raw facts and data

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Paradox

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A statement that contradicts itself, but turns out to have a rational meaning

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Parallelism

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The technique of arranging words, phrases, clauses, or large structures side by side so that they are similar or mimic one another

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Parody

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A work that ridicules another work by exaggerating its elements and either being lightly humorous or completely destroying the original meaning

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Pathetic Appeal- Pathos

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Appealing to the emotions; often looks for sympathy or forgiveness

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Pedantic

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A term used to describes writing on lecturing

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Persuasion

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A from of Argumentation. One of the four modes of discourse. It tries to convince the reader of a point or an idealoligy

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Regionalism

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Elements in literature that conveys a realistic portrayal of specific geographical line

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Repetition

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Word or phrase used in close proximation two or more times

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Rhetorical Modes

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Exposition, description, narration, argumentation

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Rhetorical Question

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A question that doesn’t expect any explicit action; it simply is used to introduce a idea or something that the audience should think about

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Sarcasm

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Harsh, caustic personal remarks to or about someone, less subtle than irony

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Speaker

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The voice of the work

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Stereotype

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A trait that is usually attributed to a specific group of individuals

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style

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The authors characteristic of expression

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subjectivity

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a personal presentation of events and character, is influenced by the authors thoughts, emotions, feeling, morals, ect.

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Syllogism

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a form of reasoning in which two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn. Has a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.

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Snecdone

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Figure of speech in which part of something is used to represent a whole

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Syntactic fluency

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Ability to create a variety of sentence structures

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Syntatic permuration

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Sentence structures that are extraordinarily involved.

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Syntax

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The grammar; the arrangement of words in a sentence. Syntax increases length of structure, and varies sentences accordingly.

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Theme

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The Central Idea

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Thesis

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The main idea; often an assertion of the claim

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tone

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the attitude of the author

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transition

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a word or phrase that moves from one idea to the next

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Understatement

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The opposite of exaggeration

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Fallacy

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defects that weaken arguments. has many forms, including the:
Hasty generalization: Making assumptions on a whole group based on individuals
Missing the point- supporting a particular conclusion, but only hearing what you want to here and saying what you think is right

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