Vocabulary 1 (AP Lang/Comp)
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camquon Plus on August 25, 2011
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AP Language @ Composition Key Vocabulary Terms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 rhetoric | study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking) |
| diction | the manner in which something is expressed in words; the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience |
| syntax | the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences, studies of the rules for forming admissible sentences, a systematic orderly arrangement |
| prose | ordinary writing as distinguished from verse |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity |
| simile | a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as') |
| concession | a point conceded or yielded, the act of conceding or yielding, a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business |
| tone | the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author |
| logos | logic, reason |
| pathos | a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow), a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others |
| ethos | the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution |
| narration | (rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth, the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events, a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events |
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