AP Lang Week 6
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 rhetoric | the art of putting one's case in the strongest and best possible way |
| rhetorical question | a question asked only for effect or to make a statement, but not to get an answer |
| satire | A literary mode based on criticism of people and society through ridicule (ex: Tom Walker) |
| simile | a comparison between two different things using 'like' or 'as'. (ex: They were as tall as trees) |
| sonnet | A fourteen line poem, usually in iambic pentameter, with a varied rhyme scheme (there is Petrarchan and Shakespearean) |
| straw man | a fallacy in which a person simply ignores a person's actual position and substitutes a distorted, exaggerated or misrepresented version of that position |
| subjectivity | when a writer inserts opionion or bias into the piece of writing |
| syllogism | a method of presenting a logical argument; in its most basic form, it consists of a major premise (When it snows, the streets get wet), a minor premise (it is snowing), and a conclusion (the streets get wet) |
| symbolism | The use of an object to represent another thing or idea (ex: flag symbolizes patriotism) |
| synecdoche | when a part represents the whole or when the whole represents the part (ex: All hands on deck for duty!) |
| syntactic fluency | the writer's ability to create a variety of sentence structures |
| syntactic permutation | sentence structures that are extraordinarily involved and complex, often making it difficult for a reader to follow |
| syntax | the arrangement of words within a phrase, clause or sentence |
| theme | the general idea or insight about life that a writer wishes to express |
| thesis | an argument that a writer develops and supports |
| tone | The writer's attitude toward his readers and his subject; his mood or moral view |
| travesty | A work that treats a serious subject frivolously-- ridiculing the dignified |
| understatement | deliberately expresses an idea as less important than it actually is, either for ironic emphasis or for politeness and tact |
| voice | a writer's use of language that allows a reader to "hear" a human personality in his or her writing; elements are vocabulary, syntax, and attitude |
| verisimilitude | Something that has the appearance of being true or real |
| zeugma | includes several similar rhetorical devices, all involving a grammatically correct linkage of two or more parts of speech by another part of speech (ex: Fred excelled at sports; Harvey at eating; Tom with girls) |
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