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ap comp vocab 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Analyze | To break down into parts in order to understand the whole. |
| Circular reasoning | A fallacy in which the writer repeats the claim as a way to provide evidence. Insufficient biased evidence |
| Bandwagon Appeal | This fallacy occurs when evidence boils down to "everyone's doing it" |
| Interrogative Sentence | Asks a direct question and always ends in a question mark. |
| Exemplification | Providing specific examples that serve as a point. |
| Claim of fact | asserts that something is true or not true. |
| Claim of Value | argues that something is good or bad, right or wrong. |
| Claim of Policy | proposes a change. |
| Euphemism | Referring to something with a phrase instead of saying it directly |
| Implication | When something is suggested without being concretely stated. |
| Synthesis | Combining sources or ideas in a way to purpose of a larger point. |
| Quantitative | includes things that can be measured, cited, counted, or otherwise represented in numbers- for instance, statistics, surveys, polls, census information. |
| Purpose | The author's persuasive intention. |
| Inductive Reasoning | Logical process in which multiple premises, all believed true or found true most of the time, are combined to obtain a specific conclusion (known as bottom up) |
| Syntax | The way sentences are grammatically constructed. |
| Subject | The topic of a text. What the text is about. |
| Pathos | An appeal based on emotion. |
| Rhetoric | The use of spoken or written word (or a visual medium) to convey your ideas and convince an audience. The art of finding ways to persuade. |
| Purpose | The author's persuasive intention. |
| Declarative Sentence | A logical process whereby the writer reasoning goes through a logical process in which a conclusion is based on the concordance of multiple premises that are assumed to be true (known as top down). |
| Polysyndeton | A literary technique in which conjunctions (e.g. and, but, or) are used repeatedly in quick succession, often with no commas, even when the conjunctions could be removed. (bound together) |
| Imperative Sentence | A sentence that requests or commands. |
| Compare | to compare means to bring both similarities and differences with the emphasis on similarities. |
| Asyndeton | A writing style where conjunctions are omitted in a series of words, phrases or clauses. It is used to shorten a sentence and focus on its meaning. |
| Anaphora | Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines (a form of parallelism). |
| Antecedent | A noun to which a pronoun refers. |
| Closed thesis | is a statement of the main idea of the argument that also previews the major points the writer intends to make. |
| Periodic Sentence | A long, complex, grammatically correct sentence. The main clause comes last and is preceded by the subordinate clause. It's effective when it's used to arouse interest and curiosity, to hold an idea in suspense before its final revelation. |
| Fragment Sentence | Incomplete sentences. They usually lack a subject, predicate, or an agreement between the two |
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sandkyrie6