AP Lang. Unit 1 Vocab.

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Exigence:

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The reason/incident that inspires, stimulates, provokes, or prompts writers to create a text.

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Audience: who the writer speaks to?

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who the writer is speaking to

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Purpose:

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why the speaker conveys a message

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Context:

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Circumstances/background surrounding the situation.

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Message:

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Information conveyed by words (speech/writing) or other signs/symbols.

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Define claim.

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an assertion of the truth of something that the speaker wants the audience to understand

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Define evidence.

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Facts, examples, or sources supporting a claim.

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Rhetorical appeals:

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ethos, pathos, logos

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Occasion?

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a particular time or instance of an event

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Rhetoric: the ART of effective/persuasive communication (speaking, writing, visual, etc)

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Rhetoric