Language and Literary Terms

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Accent

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Refers to the pronunciation of a language, often confused with dialect, which involves vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation.

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Understanding accent

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Everyone speaks with an accent, which is a natural part of language.

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Example of False Analogy

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"9/11 is our generation's Pearl Harbor."

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Purpose of Anaphora

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Used to establish rhetorical or 'literary' effect.

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Definition of Anti-advertising

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Draws attention to and makes you aware of the conventions of advertising.

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Definition of Appeal to Authority

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An argument technique referring to a source that claims to have authority.

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Structure of Appeal to Authority Argument

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Source A says premise 1 is correct. Source A is an authority. Therefore, A must be correct.

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Audience

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Refers to the reader or listener of a text.

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Bandwagon effect

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A propaganda technique suggesting one should do something because everyone else is doing it; an argumentation fallacy.

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Bias

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Language that supports an ideological position, showing subjectivity in writing that should be objective.