enlgihs ap temrs

poop

similie

a direct comparison using like or as

immediate audience

an audience physically present, or intended to hear it

exigence

what prompts the writer/writer to speak

purpose

what the speaker wants the reader to feel while listening/reading/ what the speaker wants the reader to do

parallelism

similarity of structure with words or phrases

juxtaposition

placement of two things closely together to emphasize similarities or differences

refutation

demonstrating an idea is invalid using evidence

logos

persuasion by means or logic

mediated audience

audience not physically present but still impacted by writer

analogy

comparison between two different things

tone

the writers attitude toward the subject

antithesis

opposition, contrast of words in a parallel construction

rebuttal

offering a contrastive perspective with evidence to prove a claim is wrong

metaphor

a comparison of things(implied)

allusion

refrence to historical, biblical,mythological, event or feature

ethos

persuasuion through moral character

pathos

persuasion through emotions

paradox

statement that seems contradictory but is the ironic truth

sylloligism

logic, with major and minor premises lead to a necessary conclusion

qualifiers

words that limit the scope of the claim (usually, in a few cases)