Absolute bare minimum to have a shot at passing
Argumentation
Style
Thesis
Syllogism
Enthymeme
Toulmin
Cicero’s Pattern
Warrants
Examples vs. Evidence
5 types of Evidence
Status
Demonstrative
Deliberative
Forensic
Ethos /Logos /Pathos
Fact vs. Opinion
Mixed Statement
Persuasion
-Can tell when obvious
illogical arguments are
being used
-Can predict rational
consequences to a wide
variety of actions and
policies
- Have a basic
understanding of
human nature in
common situations
-Can usually connect
personal experience to
a wide variety of
prompts
Decorum
Gist vs. Wrapping
Ethos/Logos/Pathos
Slanting
Modes - Identification in text
Diction – High/Low/Specific/General
Jargon /Colloquialism /Slang
Connotation
Imagery
Metaphor
Symbol
Hyperbole vs. Understatement
Personification
Alliteration
Syntax –
Clause vs. Phrase
Independent Clause vs. Dependent Clause
Declarative/Interrogative/Exclamatory/Imperative
Simple/Compound/Complex/Compound-Complex
Parallelism
Balanced vs. Subordinating
Satire
Euphony vs. Cacophony
Euphemism
Pun
Repetition
Fragment
Analogy
Oxymoron
Allusion
Modifiers
Loose vs. Periodic
Caricature
Antecedent
Rhetorical Question
Rhetorical Fragment
Active vs. Passive Voice
Allegory
List
Ambiguity
Sarcasm
Bias
Juxtaposition
Contradiction
Details for a reason
-Can identify many syntactical structures and other
rhetorical devices within a passage
-Can see how some syntactical structures, modes,
detail selection, and word choice are tied to an appeal
-Can connect a few of the rhetorical modes,
syntactical structures, diction, and details to purpose
and/or argument
Miscellaneous
Denotation
8 Parts of Speech
Rhetoric
Oratory
SOAPSTone
OPTIC
Background
Foreground
Using Context Clues Identifying Tense
Shifts
Characterization
Conflicts
Suspense
Plot Arc
Genres of Literature
Footnotes, Endnotes
Understanding Bibliographies
Themes
Morals
Foreshadowing
Flashforward
Flashback
-A college level vocabulary accrued
through reading material slightly above
skill level over a long period of time
Poetic forms
-Sign theory and how it underlies style
analysis for word choice and basic
communication
MLA format or comparable format
A well prepared AP Student should know all of the terms on the other side and the following:
Argumentation
Logical Fallacies
Topoi /Loci
AMOS combined with Topoi
Spectrum of Abstraction
Backing
Grounds
Contextual vs. Connective Warrants
Objective vs. Subjective
Inductive vs.Deductive Reasoning
Dialectical Reasoning
Concession
Source Appraisal
-Can use knowledge from other subject
matters studied for evidence and
reasoning
-Can use many of the elements in the
Style section to augment their
argumentative essays
- Can use current events and their
convictions to augment essays
-Can evaluate the validity of an
argument
-Can compare two arguments and
determine which is superior
-Can use the basic arguments presented
during the debates as warrants for a
wide variety of situations
-Ability to analyze a chart and graph and
imply arguments from data provided
The 7 virtues
The 7 deadly sins
The 10 Commandments
The 5 Pillars of Islam
Style
Modes –
Traits
Organizing Structures
Fallacies
Tone vs. Attitude
Different types of Irony
Assonance vs. Consonance
Asyndeton vs. Polysyndeton
Syllepsis/ Zeugma
Anadiplosis
Hypotaxis vs.Parataxis
Meiosis
Litotes
Apostrophe
Homily vs. Sermon
Eulogy vs. Elegiac
Epistle
Obituary
Aphorism
Invective vs.Panegyric
Encomium vs.Vituperation
Purple Prose
Bathos
Cadence
Antanaclasis
Anaphora vs. Epistrophe
Antithesis
Anastrophe
Metonymy /Synecdoche
Paradox
Onomatopoeia
Malapropism
Isocolon/Tricolon
Extended Metaphor vs. Conceit
Circumlocution
Chiasmus/Antimetabole
Infinitive/Gerund /Participle
Appositive
Parenthesis
Exhortation
Report Language
Epanalepsis
Solecism
Equivocation
Maxims
Testimony
Humor
Style Continued
-Can draw assumptions about the
intended audience
-Can draw assumptions about the
speaker or writer
-Can draw assumptions about the issue
being discussed
-Can see most rhetorical modes,
devices, and tactics as means towards
an end
-Can derive the intended effects of
most of the modes, devices, and tactics
being used
-Can derive the intended effects and tie
them purpose and/or argument
-Can identify, define, and create
examples of all the rhetorical modes,
structures, and tactics
-Can identify visual rhetoric
Propaganda/Ad Techniques –
Bandwagon
Sexual Appeal
Appeals to Needs
Appeals to Fears
Appeals to Authority
Loaded Words
Slogan
Social Cause
Name Calling
Doublespeak
Strawman
Celebrity Endorsement
Glittering Generalities
Transference
Statistics / Junk Science
Ambiguity