Study sets matching "ap american lit"
Study sets
Classes
Users
Debilitate
Sanctimonious
Dogmatic
Quell
To impair the strength of, to weaken
Feigning piety or righteousness
Stubbornly attached to insufficiently proven beliefs
To put down by force, to suppress
Debilitate
To impair the strength of, to weaken
Sanctimonious
Feigning piety or righteousness
Ad Hominem (Personal Attack)
Example of Ad Hominem
Bandwagon Fallacy
Example of Bandwagon Fallacy
an argument in which you offer premises that you the arguer do…
William Dembski argues that modern biology supports the idea t…
arguments that appeal to the growing popularity of an idea as…
Increasingly, people are coming to believe that Eastern religi…
Ad Hominem (Personal Attack)
an argument in which you offer premises that you the arguer do…
Example of Ad Hominem
William Dembski argues that modern biology supports the idea t…
Abstract
Adage
Allegory
Alliteration
an abbreviated synopsis of a longer work of scholarship or res…
a saying/proverb containing a truth based on experience and of…
a story in which the narrative/characters carry an underlying…
the repetition of one or more initial consonant in a group of…
Abstract
an abbreviated synopsis of a longer work of scholarship or res…
Adage
a saying/proverb containing a truth based on experience and of…
Haughty
Visage
Flagrant
Spectral
Blatantly and disdainfully proud
The face, countenance, or appearance of a person
Conspicuously offensive
Of, relating to, or a suggesting a specter; ghostly
Haughty
Blatantly and disdainfully proud
Visage
The face, countenance, or appearance of a person
Captain Anthony
Colonel Edward Lloyd
Lucretia Auld
Captain Thomas Auld
Douglass's first master and probably his father. Anthony is th…
Captain Anthony's boss and Douglass's first owner. Colonel Llo…
Captain Anthony's daughter and Thomas Auld's wife. After Capta…
Lucretia Auld's husband and Hugh Auld's brother. Thomas Auld d…
Captain Anthony
Douglass's first master and probably his father. Anthony is th…
Colonel Edward Lloyd
Captain Anthony's boss and Douglass's first owner. Colonel Llo…
Begging the Question (Circular Logic)
Non Sequitur Arguments
Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc
Faulty Analogies
When the writer presents an arguable point as a fact that supp…
A fallacy where the conclusion does not logically follow the e…
Arguement that if one event went before the other, that event…
Extended comparisons or metaphors that are not actually related
Begging the Question (Circular Logic)
When the writer presents an arguable point as a fact that supp…
Non Sequitur Arguments
A fallacy where the conclusion does not logically follow the e…
Nathaniel Ward
The Simple Cobbler of Aggawam in America
John Smith
John Smith
The Simple Cobbler of Aggawam in America
Early pamphlet warning New Englanders about the danger of reli…
Admiral of New England. He was an English soldier, explorer, a…
He was a leader of the Virginia Colony (based at Jamestown) be…
Nathaniel Ward
The Simple Cobbler of Aggawam in America
The Simple Cobbler of Aggawam in America
Early pamphlet warning New Englanders about the danger of reli…
year and town of story?
Theodor
Satan
Nikolaus Bauman
this story takes place in: ... Eseldorf, Austria, in 1590 during…
narrator/main character of the story... ends up being a "mere tho…
the nephew of the actual angel who fell from heaven. ... An angel…
son of the principal judge of the local court. He is later doo…
year and town of story?
this story takes place in: ... Eseldorf, Austria, in 1590 during…
Theodor
narrator/main character of the story... ends up being a "mere tho…
Literature
Genre
Prose
Poetry
The umbrella term used to refer to art expressed in writing.
A category used to classify literary works, usually by form, t…
Any writing that is not poetry
A type of literature in which words are selected and strung to…
Literature
The umbrella term used to refer to art expressed in writing.
Genre
A category used to classify literary works, usually by form, t…
Ad hominem
Allegory
Alliteration
Allusion
(Of an argument or reaction) directed against a person rather…
A strong , poem or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a…
The occurrence of the same letter of a sound at the beginning…
an expression designed to call something to mind without menti…
Ad hominem
(Of an argument or reaction) directed against a person rather…
Allegory
A strong , poem or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a…
diction
figurative language
rhetoric
structure
the word choices made by a writer (diction can be described as…
language employing one or more figures of speech (simile, meta…
the art of presenting ideas in a clear, effective, and persuas…
the arrangement or framework of a sentence, paragraph, or enti…
diction
the word choices made by a writer (diction can be described as…
figurative language
language employing one or more figures of speech (simile, meta…
realism
components of realism
naturalism
components of naturalism
the representation of art (including literature) of the detail…
1) settings: realistically show real- life conditions for peop…
attempts to apply specific principles of objectivity and detac…
1) philosophy: "virtue and vice are products like vitriol and…
realism
the representation of art (including literature) of the detail…
components of realism
1) settings: realistically show real- life conditions for peop…
Argument
Rhetoric
Rhetorical Effect
Persona
Author's opinion/belief/POV normally supported by evidence
The art of persuasion
Intellectual, emotional or psychological impact on the reader
A character created by an author to represent himself
Argument
Author's opinion/belief/POV normally supported by evidence
Rhetoric
The art of persuasion
Ralph Waldo Emmerson (Self-Reliance)
Ralph Waldo Emmerson (Self-Reliance)
Ralph Waldo Emmerson (Self-Reliance)
Ralph Waldo Emmerson (Self-Reliance)
"To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for…
"A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light wh…
"The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but…
"The virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance is it…
Ralph Waldo Emmerson (Self-Reliance)
"To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for…
Ralph Waldo Emmerson (Self-Reliance)
"A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light wh…
Allusion
Theme
Historical Context
Aphorism
a reference to another work of literature, person, or event
a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or a…
the historical period that shapes a work of literature and all…
a concise statement that expresses succinctly a general truth…
Allusion
a reference to another work of literature, person, or event
Theme
a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or a…
Censure (v)
Innocuous
Monotonous
Abiding
To express severe disapproval
Harmless or inoffensive (antonym = noxious/toxic)
Boring/routine/mundane
Lasting in memory (antonym= temporary/ephemeral)
Censure (v)
To express severe disapproval
Innocuous
Harmless or inoffensive (antonym = noxious/toxic)
appeal for sympathy
bandwagon
appeal to tradition
slippery slope
ignores the real issue by emotional appeal
(appeal to the crowd or masses) this is when a statement is as…
this says that we should continue to do things as we have done…
(scare tactics) suggests that one step will inevitably lead to…
appeal for sympathy
ignores the real issue by emotional appeal
bandwagon
(appeal to the crowd or masses) this is when a statement is as…
apostrophe
example of apostrophe
maxim
example of maxim
when the author or speaker detaches themselves from reality an…
twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are
thought with moralistic values that intends to motivate indivi…
it's better to be safe than sorry
apostrophe
when the author or speaker detaches themselves from reality an…
example of apostrophe
twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are