ap lang stuff

(ASPECT) Audience

the target audience

(ASPECT) speaker

The person speaking

(ASPECT) purpose

Purpose of the text

(ASPECT) exigence

Speakers SPECIFIC motive behind the creation of the text

(ASPECT) context

Big picture behind the creation of the text

(ASPECT) topic

What the text talks about

Implicit thesis

Look for facts, logic and emotion

antecedent of pronoun

Pronoun that defines a noun after

Diction

Choosing specific words to build towards some effect on the audience

Rhetorical question

Questions designed to make a point. Emphasizes or elicits a reaction from audience

Allusion

Reference to a work of literature, history, or well known event.

Parallelism

Technique using similar grammatical forms for related ideas to create balance

Epistrophe

Repetition of a word at end of sentence

Anaphora

Repetition of word at beginning of sentence