a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else (a contrast or opposition between two things).
What is antithesis?
100
there are _____ sections to the A/P test
What is two?
100
A person smoking in front of a non-smoking sign.
What is Irony?
100
Generalization based on too little evidence.
What is Hasty Generalization?
100
"Juliet is the Sun." (William Shakespeare)
or
"Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get." (Winston Groom)
What is Analogy?
200
an absent person, a personified inanimate being, or an abstraction is addressed as though present.
What is apostrophe?
200
There are ____ essays you need to write during the A/P exam.
What is 3?
200
"Passed away" versus "Dead"
What is Euphemism?
200
ignores the real issue by emotional appeal or other distractions.
What is Appeal for Sympathy?
200
short story used to illustrate a point.
What is an Anecdote?
300
(especially of a person or their appearance) messy and dirty.
What is Slovenly?
300
Name all three of the types of essays you will write on the A/P test.
What is Analysis, Argument and Synthesis.
300
Why is the world turning against me?
What is a Rhetorical Question?
300
Conclusion does not follow logically
What is Non Sequitur?
300
the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
What is Syntax?
400
overly scholarly language showoffy.
What is Pedantic?
400
The total time you have to complete the A/P exam.
What is three hours and fifteen minutes (one hour for multiple choice, two hours and fifteen minutes for essay section)
400
A male barber shaves all and only those men who don’t shave themselves. Does he shave himself?
What is a Paradox?
400
arguing against the man/woman instead of against the issue
What is Ad Hominem?
400
metaphors, similes, allusions (to name a few)
What is Figures of Speech?
500
Greek word for crisscross
What is Chiasmus?
500
Percent each section of the test is worth
What is 55% for essay, 45% for multiple choice?
500
-Pen: for the written word-
-Sword: for military might-
-Silver fox: for an attractive older man-
(ex. The pen is mightier than the sword and That man is quite a silver fox!)
What is Metonymy?
500
Mistake of assuming that because event A is followed by event B, event A caused event B.
What is Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc?
500
Just for fun... What is Ms. Gilson's first name (must be spelled correctly), where did she grow up, and where did she go to college?
Must get all three right in order to get the points!
What is Keriann, Valdez, and University of Alaska Fairbanks?