Ap English 11 Vocab

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Speaker

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The imaginary voice (often unnamed) asumed by the poet

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Audience

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The person(s) reading a text, listening to a speaker, or observing a performance.

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Purpose

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Reason why the author has written the passage

Inform, Persuade/Argue(to change ideas), Explain, Persuade(to encourage action)

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Tone/Attidute

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The attitudes toward the subject and toward the audience

Serious/Passionate, Humorous/Sarcastic/Satirical, Urging/Righteous, Mocking/Biting, Ironic, Detached/Objective, Didactic/Dogmatic, Questioning/Curious, Bombastic/Superior,Romantic/Idealistic, Emotional Biases

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Diction

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Choice of words and style of writing

Denotation/Connotation, Profession Jargon, Verbs/Adjectives/Pronouns, Active/Passive Voice, Tropes/Schemes, Colloquial, Informal/Formal, Academic, Abstract/Concrete, Rhythmic Pedestrian

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Qualifyiers/Moderators

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Words or phrases that are added to another word to modify its meaning, either by limiting it (He was somewhat busy) or by enhancing it (The dog was very cute)

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Modifiers

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A word or group of words that describes or limits a verb, noun, adjective, or adverb.

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Inductive Reasoning

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A logical process in which multiple premises, all believed true or found true most of the time, are combined to obtain a specific conclusion

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Deductive Reasoning

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A logical process in which a conclusion is based on the concordance of multiple premises that are generally assumed to be true.

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Inferences

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A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.

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Appeals

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The means of persuasion created by Aristotle

Ethos, Logos, Pathos

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Evidence

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Information indicating whether a belief or proposition is valid.

Personal, Anecdotes, Expert Testimony, Comparison/Analogy, Facts

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Juxtaposition

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The arrangement of two or more ideas, characters, actions, settings, phrases, or words side-by-side or in similar narrative moments for the purpose of comparison, contrast, rhetorical effect, suspense, or character development.

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Figurative Language

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Deviation from "ordinary" or "standard" use of words to achieve a special meaning or effect.

Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole, Understatement, Litotes, Personification, Apostrophe, Allusions, Antithesis, Paradox, Synecdoche, Metonymy, Sensory Perceptions

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Imagery

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To use words to represent objects, actions and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses.

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Structure/Organization

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How you organize your essay or article

Introduction, Statement Proposition, Purpose, Support, Definition, Compare/Contrast, Problem/Solution, Order of Importance,Chronological, Abstract to Concrete, Particular to General or vice versa, Transitions

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Syntax

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The arrangement of words into a sentence that make sense in a given language.

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Sentence Types

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Declarative, Imperative, Exclamatory, Interrogative, Balanced, Loose, Periodic

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Sentence Structure

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Simple, Complex, Compound, Compound-Complex

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Rhetorical Question

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A question that you ask without expecting an answer

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Anaphora/Repetition

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The repetition of a certain word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines of writing or speech.

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Punctuation

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Comma, Semi-Colon, Hyphen, Colon, Quotation Mark

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Appositive

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A noun or phrase that follows a a noun or word and renames or identifies it

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Parralelism

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Using elements in sentences that are grammatically similar or identical in structure, sound, meaning, or meter.

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Adverbial/Dependent Clauses

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An adverb clause is a group of words that function as an adverb a dependent clause is a group of words with a subject and a verb. It does not express a complete thought so it is not a sentence and can't stand alone.