AP Language Midterm Review

metonymy

• Synonymous to autonomous.
• Having to do with metacognition. An awareness or understanding of one's own thought processes.
• Replacing the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated. EX: The pen is mightier than the sword. (Pen refers to written words and sword to military force.) 
• When an writer moves beyond the denotative meaning of a word.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Words or phrases that limit the scope of a claim (e.g., usually in a few cases, under these circumstances)

• Qualifiers
• Purpose
• Analysis
• Claim

Persuasion through appeals to the audience's emotions. 

• Logos
• Pathos
• Immediate Audience
• Inductive Reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

In formal logic, a structure of deductive logic in which correctly formed major and minor premises lead to a necessary conclusion. 

• Purpose
• Logos
• Tone
• Syllogism

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Persuasion by means of logic or reasoning. 

• Allusion
• Logos
• Arrangement
• Pathos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

A statement that asserts a belief or truth. 

•  Claim
• Purpose
• Metaphor
• Tone

Persuasion through convincing the audience of one's moral character. 

• Arrangement
• Ethos
• Tone
• Syllogism

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What the speaker wants the audience to feel while listening; what he/she wants the audience to do after listening. 

• Purpose
• Form
• Tone
• Analysis

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Identifying the features of a text AND explaining how the author uses these to develop the meaning or to achieve a particular effect. 

• Purpose
• Analysis
• Exigence
• Syllogism

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

The writer's attitude toward his/her subject. 

• Form
• Tone
• Ethos
• Claim