Differences Between English Language And Rhetorical Terms
AP Language and Composition Literary and Rhetorical Terms List
Look up the words and fill in the chart as best as you can. Some of the terms are review and some are new. We will use this list throughout the year so keep an updated copy with you in class. You may choose to make note cards for study but they are not required for a grade. Periodically, you will be quizzed on how well you know the terms by using in your writing and recognizing in text.
Terms
When do I use it?
Define it
Can I recognize it?
Can I use it in my writing? ad hominen argument appealing to feelings or prejudices rather than intellect
ad populum
fallacious argument that concludes a proposition to be true because many or most people believe it. …show more content…
It is often developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work, and are especially effective in poems and fiction.
false analogy
An informal fallacy applying to inductive arguments, in which the similarity in one respect of two concepts, objects, or events is taken as sufficient to establish that they are similar in another respect in which they actually are dissimilar
figurative language
Language that communicates ideas beyond the ordinary or literal meaning of the words.
figure of speech
A figure of speech is a use of a word that diverges from its normal meaning, or a phrase with a specialized meaning not based on the literal meaning of the words in it such as a metaphor, simile, or personification. …show more content…
in a literary work
inference/ infer A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
invective diction Strong use of language used to attack
irony/ironic
The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect
verbal
Relating to or in the form of words
situational
A term denoting a tactic or combo that can only be used under certain circumstances and cannot be done in a neutral state where both characters are on the ground.
dramatic
Sudden or striking
juxtaposition
The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect
language
The method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way
loose sentence
A loose sentence is a type of sentence in which the main idea is elaborated by the successive addition of modifying clauses or
Look up the words and fill in the chart as best as you can. Some of the terms are review and some are new. We will use this list throughout the year so keep an updated copy with you in class. You may choose to make note cards for study but they are not required for a grade. Periodically, you will be quizzed on how well you know the terms by using in your writing and recognizing in text.
Terms
When do I use it?
Define it
Can I recognize it?
Can I use it in my writing? ad hominen argument appealing to feelings or prejudices rather than intellect
ad populum
fallacious argument that concludes a proposition to be true because many or most people believe it. …show more content…
It is often developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work, and are especially effective in poems and fiction.
false analogy
An informal fallacy applying to inductive arguments, in which the similarity in one respect of two concepts, objects, or events is taken as sufficient to establish that they are similar in another respect in which they actually are dissimilar
figurative language
Language that communicates ideas beyond the ordinary or literal meaning of the words.
figure of speech
A figure of speech is a use of a word that diverges from its normal meaning, or a phrase with a specialized meaning not based on the literal meaning of the words in it such as a metaphor, simile, or personification. …show more content…
in a literary work
inference/ infer A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
invective diction Strong use of language used to attack
irony/ironic
The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect
verbal
Relating to or in the form of words
situational
A term denoting a tactic or combo that can only be used under certain circumstances and cannot be done in a neutral state where both characters are on the ground.
dramatic
Sudden or striking
juxtaposition
The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect
language
The method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way
loose sentence
A loose sentence is a type of sentence in which the main idea is elaborated by the successive addition of modifying clauses or