AP Lang Vocabulary Week 2

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rhetorical appeals
rhetorical techniques that are used to persuade an audience; usually connects with the audience in one way or another
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ethos
the credibility of the speaker or the text
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logos
the appeal to logic of the texts
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pathos
the appeal to emotion of the texts
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counterargument
an opposing argument to the speaker's argument
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concession
something that is given up, yielded or granted
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refutation
proving a theory to wrong or false with evidence
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propaganda
used by organization and governments to influence the audience into their ideas
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polemical
anything that causes debate or controversy
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connotation
the idea or feeling that is promoted from a text or a word
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inductive reasoning
a type of thinking in which generalizations are used to seek conclusions
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commencement speech
a speech given to mark the beginning of a new period of something or someone