AP English Language of Composition
Chapters 1-4
ethos - ANS-appeal to character
pathos - ANS-appeal to emotions
logos - ANS-appeal to reason
SOAPS - ANS-subject, occasion, audience, purpose, speaker
rhetorical triangle - ANS-speaker - audience - subject
tone - ANS-the perspective or attitude that the author adopts with regards to a specific
character, place or development
concede an argument - ANS-you agree that an opposing argument may be true
refute an argument - ANS-you deny the validity of all or part of an argument
the classical model - ANS-introduction (exordium)
narration (narratio)
confirmation (confirmatio)
refutation (refutatio)
conclusion (peroratio)
close reading - ANS-an analysis of text
diction - ANS-choice of words
syntax - ANS-arrangement of words
trope - ANS-artful diction (metaphors, personification)
scheme - ANS-artful syntax (parallelism, juxtapositions)
argument - ANS-a process of reason inquiry and rational discourse seeking common ground.
We engage in arguments whenever we explore rationally and have a cleaner view of the world
synthesis - ANS-research on a topic
thesis statement - ANS-the controlling idea in an essay
Chapters 1-4
ethos - ANS-appeal to character
pathos - ANS-appeal to emotions
logos - ANS-appeal to reason
SOAPS - ANS-subject, occasion, audience, purpose, speaker
rhetorical triangle - ANS-speaker - audience - subject
tone - ANS-the perspective or attitude that the author adopts with regards to a specific
character, place or development
concede an argument - ANS-you agree that an opposing argument may be true
refute an argument - ANS-you deny the validity of all or part of an argument
the classical model - ANS-introduction (exordium)
narration (narratio)
confirmation (confirmatio)
refutation (refutatio)
conclusion (peroratio)
close reading - ANS-an analysis of text
diction - ANS-choice of words
syntax - ANS-arrangement of words
trope - ANS-artful diction (metaphors, personification)
scheme - ANS-artful syntax (parallelism, juxtapositions)
argument - ANS-a process of reason inquiry and rational discourse seeking common ground.
We engage in arguments whenever we explore rationally and have a cleaner view of the world
synthesis - ANS-research on a topic
thesis statement - ANS-the controlling idea in an essay