ap vocab 21-40

Question 1

anaphora

Answer 1

deliberate repatriation of the first part of a sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect is known as ____ . The oldest literacy device, has its roots psalms ; used to emphasize certain words or phrases. Elizabethan and romantic writers brought this into place.

Question 2

epistrophe

Answer 2

is derived from a Greek word , that means turning upon, which indicates the same word returns at the end . Defined as repetition of a phrase or words at the end of a clause/sentence . found in literacy pieces

Question 3

asyndeton

Answer 3

Greek word means unconnected . styristic device used in literature and poetry to intentionally eliminate conjunctions between phrases yet maintain the grammatical accuracy. helps reduce the indirect meaning of phrase in and present it in a concise form – helps speed up rhyming words mostly in speech, but can be in writing words

Question 4

polysyndenton

Answer 4

Greek words that means bound together . It makes use of coordinating conjunctions like , “and” - “or” - “but” - & “nor “ , used to join successive of words/phrases or clauses in such a way that these conjunctions are even used were they might have been admitted.

Question 5

tone

Answer 5

written composition, is an attitude of a writer towards a subject or an audience. It’s something important for the reader to “sense” to determine an argument generally conveyed thur the choice of words / viewpoint

Question 6

synecdoche

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literacy device in which part of something repeats the whole or it may use a whole to repeat a part . Distinguishing between this and metonymy

Question 7

process analysis

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step by step breakdown of phases of a process used to convy the details or each phase of thinking, an operation , ect. It is often used to improve understanding and also to breakdown an argument to make it comprehensible

Question 8

counter argument

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an argument or set of reasons put forward to oppose an idea or theory developed in another argument. When writing in the argumentative; it’s mandatory that the writer acknowledges the other side to their argument. It’s part refutation if someone else claim to support your side

Question 9

claim

Answer 9

If someone gives an argument to support their position . It’s called making a ___ . Different reasons are usually presented to prove why a certain point should be accepted as logical

Question 10

evidence

Answer 10

literacy device that appears in different categories of essay and these in the form of paraphrase and quotations. It’s presented to persuade the reader and used with powerful argument in text or essay . In rhetoric, when a person makes a claim or presents an argument they need to present evidence in support of their claim and argument in oder to est. the veracity and authenticity of the claim

Question 11

warrant

Answer 11

the glue that holds an argument together. Links evidence to claim . It says something like , “this evidence supports the claim because…” and it’s always in a similar form that’s more of a statement

Question 12

provocative diction

Answer 12

“diction” is our choice of words. Thus ____ , is the purposeful choice of words serving or tending to provoke , excite , or simulate a provocative question that will frame a rhetorical argument.

Question 13

classification

Answer 13

the action or process of classifying something according to shared qualities or characteristics .

Question 14

understatement

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for example , you win 10 million dollars in the lottery. When you tell a news reporter , “ I am delighted “ , you are making an understatement. Similarly, suppose a team loses to its opponent 50 - 0 in a soccer match and the captain of the team says in a post-match ceremony says , “ we did not do well” , it’s an understatement because he is trying to decrease the intensity of the loss. It is the opposite of the hyperbole or overstatement

Question 15

colorful diction

Answer 15

diction is your conscious choice of words as a writer . It stands to reason that “____” is a very purposeful word choice that will serve to accentuate meaning and tone.

Question 16

fallacy

Answer 16

erroneous argument dependent upon an unsound or illogical contention there are many ___ examples we can find in everyday convo.

Question 17

logical fallacy

Answer 17

in argumentation ; a formal ( aka deductive ) is a pattern of reasoning/thinking rendered invalid because a flaw in its logical structure that can be neatly , be expressive , in a standard logic system , for example : propositional logic . an argument that is formally fallacious is always considered wrong.

Question 18

prophecy

Answer 18

many believe that a prediction and a prophecy are the same , but are mistaken . both forecast the future , but there is a difference. prophecy has all the elements of a prediction expect time. without time , its hard to determine more of a religious connection.

Question 19

prediction

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forecast made by those who calculate the parameters of the subject involved after evaluating the odds that predict the future.

Question 20

syntax

Answer 20

set of rules in lang. refers to how we choose to arrange our words