Vocab #1
The person(s) who created the rhetoric.
What is The Author
word choice
What is Anaphora
question to which no answer is expected, or answer is self-evident
What is Rhetorical question
appealing to an audience by being comical or amusing
What is Humor
What are the three appeals?
What is Pathos, Ethos, Logos
The circumstance of an event that consists of an issue, an audience, and a set of constraints. It arises from a given context or exigence.
What is Context
brief story of an individual or incident
What is Anecdote
kind of verbal irony in which the speaker appears to be praising something, but is actually insulting it
What is Sarcasm
reference to historical, mythical, or literary person, place or thing
What is Allusion
Give an example of a simile
What is Answers vary, must be a comparison using like or as
The events or circumstances inspired or prompted the author to create.
What is Exigence
exact, literal, “dictionary” definition of a word
What is Denotation
words or phrases that describe one thing in terms of something else (simile, metaphor, personification, etc.)
What is Figurative Language
the writer exhibits a bias, pro or con
What is Subjective Tone
What does SPACECAT stand for?
What is Speaker, Purpose, Audience, Context, Exigence, Choices, Appeals, Tone
story that can be understood literally and symbolically.
What is Allegory
words that describe physical qualities or conditions
What is Concrete diction
What is this an example of “She is as bright as the sun”
What is Simile
What is this an example of “My feet are killing me”
Hyperbole
what is Hyperbole
What are the three essays on the AP Language exam?
What is Rhetorical analysis, argument, synthesis
What is this an example of? “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers”
What is Alliteration
informal expressions; part of everyday speech, but inappropriate in formal writing
What is Colloquial Diction
What is this an example of? “The trees shivered in the cold.”
What is Personification
The diction used by a group which practices a similar profession or activity.
What is Jargon
What is wrong with this thesis statement? Through the use of pathos and logos “Xavier Medina” develops the central claim that dogs are better than cats, this ultimately is developed through the theme of mankind will see something beautiful and natural and choose the ugly.