AP Lang Vocabulary Week 2

rhetorical appeals

rhetorical techniques that are used to persuade an audience; usually connects with the audience in one way or another

ethos

the credibility of the speaker or the text

logos

the appeal to logic of the texts

pathos

the appeal to emotion of the texts

counterargument

an opposing argument to the speaker's argument

concession

something that is given up, yielded or granted

refutation

proving a theory to wrong or false with evidence

propaganda

used by organization and governments to influence the audience into their ideas

polemical

anything that causes debate or controversy

connotation

the idea or feeling that is promoted from a text or a word

inductive reasoning

a type of thinking in which generalizations are used to seek conclusions

commencement speech

a speech given to mark the beginning of a new period of something or someone