AP English Summer Reading
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Ad Hominem | The attack on character |
| Anaphora | A figure that repeats the first word |
| Antithesis | A contrast or opposition of two things or ideas |
| Begging the question | Speech that leaves out a beginning explination |
| Chiasmus | A rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form; e.g. 'Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds |
| Concessio | Seeming to agree with your opponents point only to use it to your advantage |
| Deliberative rhetoric | deals with argument about choices; concerns itself with matters that affect the future |
| Demonstrative Rhetoric | deals with values that bring a group together; focuses on presesnt. "Right vs Wrong" |
| Entheymeme | stakes a claim and then basis it on commonly accepted opinion |
| Forensic rhetoric | Argument that determines guilt or innocence. It focuses on the past |
| Idiom | Inseperable words with a single meaning |
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