Ap Lang Terms

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Ad Hominem

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Writer personally attacks opponents instead of arguments

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Allusion

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Reference to something the writer assumes the audience knows

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Ambiguity

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An event or situation that can be interpreted in multiple ways

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Analogy

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Comparison of two similar, but different things

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Anecdote

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Short, simple narrative, used as an example

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Antecedent

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Word referred to by a pronoun

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Antithesis

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Opposite of the main argument/ point

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Aphorism

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Short statement expressing a general truth or philosophy

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Appeal to Ignorance

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When something has not been proven false, it must be true

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Appositive

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Definition of the subject given to provide more information about a noun

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Bandwagon Appeals

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Peer Pressure- believe an assertion since everyone else does

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Circumlocution

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Talking around a subject without naming it

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Cliché

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An overused word, phrase, or saying

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Colloquialism

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Slang that homies be sayin

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Concession

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Granting validity to a counter argument

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Didactic

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Instructional writing

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Dogmatism

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Believes that one's beliefs are true beyond question

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Equivocation

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A partial truth- lying by omission

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Ethos

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Appeal to an author's credibility

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Euphemism 🍌🍆🍑

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Less offensive substitute/ reference to an impolite word or concept

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False Dichotomy

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A consideration of only two extremes, does not allow middle ground. "You either are either with us or against us"

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Figurative Language

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Speech not intended literally

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Gerund

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Verb ending in ing that acts as a noun

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Hasty Generalization

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Someone tries to lead you to a conclusion by providing partial/ selective evidence

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Hyperbole

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Intentional exaggeration

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Imagery

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Writing bringing out clear images beyond description

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Inference

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A conclusion you can make based off of given evidence, but not directly disclosed

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Invective

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Intended to attack

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Irony

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Contrasts what appears to be true with what is actually true

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Jargon

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Vocabulary specialized to a group

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Juxtaposition

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When something is located adjacent to a different thing to create an effect

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Logos

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Nike swoosh, McDonalds arch, Twitter bird, oh and an appeal to logic

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Metaphor

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A comparison of two different items not using like or as

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Metonymy

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Using an object or person to represent what is associated with it

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Non Sequitor

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Connecting two statments that have no logical relation

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Onomatopoeia

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Words that sound like what they mean

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Paradox

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Seemingly contradictory phrase that is actually true

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Parallelism

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Side by side arrangement of words to highlight similar form

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Parody

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Work of comedy through imitation and exaggeration

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Pathos

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An appeal to emotion

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Pedantic

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Ostentatiously scholarly

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Personification

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Applying human qualities to non-human objects

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Pun

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A play on words that sound similar

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Red Herring

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An attempt to shift the attention away from a particular issue by introducing a completely separate issue

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Refutation

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Presenting evidence that negates opposing arguments

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Repetition

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Repeating words or phrases in a pattern to emphasize ideas

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Retraction

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Withdrawl of a previously stated idea

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Rhetoric

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Using persuasive language

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Rhetorical Question

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What is a rhetorical question?

Why are you even reading this side of the note card?

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Satire

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A work that mocks a topic to ridicule or promote a thought

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Scare Tactics

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Used to frighten the audience into agreeing with the speaker

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Simile

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Comparing two different things using "like" or "as"

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Slippery Slope

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Suggests dire consequences will result from relatively minor causes

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Straw Man Argument

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Saying someone said something they didn't- an innacurate oversimplification of an opponent's argument to make it easier to attack

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Syllogism

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Coming to specific conclusions from broad deductions

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Symbol

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A concrete thing that represents an abstract idea

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Synecdoche

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Refering to something by its parts

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Understatement

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Minimalizig fact to present something as less significant than it is

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Wit

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Intellectually amusing language that is surprising or delightful