AP Language and Composition

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Decks in this class (21)

Argumentation and Persuasion: Fundamental Knowledge
What is persuasion,
What is an example of persuasion,
What is argumentation
12  cards
Argumentation and Persuasion: Forms of Argumentation
What are the three main styles of...,
What is the classical model,
What are the components of a clas...
9  cards
Argumentation and Persuasion -- Types of Evidence
Fact,
Example of a fact,
Statistic
22  cards
Argumentation and Persuasion -- Argumentative Appeal
Pathos,
What are the best tools of pathos,
How strong is pathos
12  cards
Argumentation and Persuasion -- Rhetorical Triangle
What is a rhetorical triangle,
What are the 5 components of a rh...,
What is the speaker
7  cards
Argumentation and Persuasion - Argumentative Organization/Arrangement
What is inductive reasoning,
Example of inductive reasoning,
What is deductive reasoning
6  cards
Argumentation and Persuasion -- Forms of Logic
Syllogism,
Example of a syllogism,
What is an exthymene
5  cards
Argumentation and Persuasion -- Logical Fallacies
What is a logical fallacy,
What are the fallacies of pathos,
Appeal to pity ad misericordium
45  cards
Diction -- Levels Of Diction
When using the word diction,
How do we choose words,
Non standard diction
18  cards
Diction -- Types of Diction
Euphonious vs cacophonous,
Example of euphonious,
Example of cacophonous
25  cards
Diction -- Devices of Sound
Assonance,
Assonance example,
Consonance
8  cards
Diction -- Figurative Language
What is a trope,
What are considered tropes,
What are sensory appeals
4  cards
Diction -- Repetition and Comparisons
What is a motif,
Examples of motif,
What is a symbol
11  cards
Diction -- Representation
What is a metonymy,
Metonymy example,
Synecdoche
9  cards
Diction -- Irony
What is irony,
Dramatic irony,
Dramatic irony example
8  cards
Syntax -- Term Origins and Stylistic Schemes
What does syntax come from,
Syntax meaning,
Scheme comes from
14  cards
Syntax -- Schemes of Omission
Asyndeton,
Asyndeton example,
Ellipsis
7  cards
Syntax -- Schemes of Addition
Catalog,
Catalog example,
Parenthesis
7  cards
Syntax -- Schemes of Repetition
Anaphora,
Anaphora example,
Epistrophe
11  cards
Syntax -- Schemes of Reversal
Anadiplosis,
Anadiplosis example,
Anastrophe
8  cards
Syntax -- Types of Sentence by Arrangement
Natural basic sentence,
Natural basic example,
Loose cumulative sentence
8  cards

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