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Rhetorical Analysis
AP language terms
Question | Answer |
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COHERENCE | clear connection among all parts of an essay. Achieved by organizational format and appropriate connecting devices (transition, parallel structures, bridging) |
EXPOSITION | explaining and analyzing information by presenting an idea, relevant evidence, and appropriate discussion |
PROSE | any language that is not poetry or drama |
RHETORIC | Greek for orator- principles governing art of writing effectively, eloquently, persuasively |
RHETORICAL MODES | variety, conventions, and purposes of major kinds of writing |
THESIS | the central argument that an author makes in a work. Although the therm is primarily associated with nonfiction, it can apply to fiction |
EXPLICATION | a close reading of a text that identifies and explains the figurative language and forms found withing the work |
INTERTEXTUALITY | the various relationships a text may have with other texts, through allusions, borrowing of formal or thematic elements, or simply by reference to traditional literary forms. |
INTERTEXTUALITY (CONTINUED) | The term is important to structuralist and poststructuralist critics, who argue that texts relate primarily to one another and not to an external reality |