AP Seminar Vocabulary

a process for seeking truth, information, or knowledge through a study, research investigation, or artistic endeavor/work

• Inductive reasoning

• Deductive reasoning

• Inquiry

• Claim

the intent, audience, purpose, bias, situatedness, and/or background (larger environment) of a source or reference

• Implication

• Bias

• Limitation

• Context

a belief regarded as true and often unstated

• Assumption

• Bias

• Fallacy

• Lens

arrangement of claims and evidence that lead to a conclusion

• Lens

• Line of reasoning

• Resolution

• Scaffolding

Something composed (e.g. articles; research studies; foundational, literary, and philosophical texts; speeches; broadcasts, and personal accounts; artistic works and performances) that conveys a perspective and can be examined

• Rebuttal

• Point-of-view

• Text

• Thesis

Changing vocal characteristics (e.g. pitch, volume, speed) in order to emphasize ideas, convey emotion or opinion, or achieve other specific purposes

• Vocal variety

• Argument

• Commentary

• Concession

A type of reasoning that constructs general propositions that are supported with evidence

• Inductive reasoning

• Deductive reasoning

• Lens

• Counterargument

A personal opinion, belief or value that may influence one’s judgment, perspective, or claim

• Fallacy

• Lens

• Validity

• Bias

The organization of curriculum content into an order which progresses from simple to more complex

• Sequencing

• Line or reasoning

• Thesis

• Rebuttal

Cohesion between the focus of inquiry, the method of collecting information, the analysis of information, and the conclusions made to increase understanding of that focus

• Conclusion

• Commentary

• Line of reasoning

• Alignment