Exam Structure
How many multiple choice questions are there?
45
"we", "us", "our"
communal pronouns
what are the three rhetorical appeals?
ethos, logos, pathos
How many sources should you have per body paragraph in a synthesis essay?
2
In the rhetorical analysis essay, you are analyzing the author's ________________
rhetorical choices
How long do you have for the MC portion?
1 hr
a question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer.
rhetorical question
What is the difference between rhetorical appeals and rhetorical choices?
rhetorical choices create rhetorical appeals
DOUBLE POINTS
How does the structure for synthesis differ from the other two essays?
topic sentence
evidence
commentary
evidence
commentary
Your thesis must include _____________ & _____________
rhetorical choices
author's purpose
How many essays do you have?
3
two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect
juxtaposition
What is context?
Anything going on at the time that the piece was written that is relevant to the text
Your claim for argumentative and synthesis essays should always be ______________
Arguable
DOUBLE POINTS
Your thesis should include ________ ________ verbs
rhetorically accurate
DOUBLE POINTS
How long do you have for the essay portion?
2 hrs or 2 hrs 15 min
a short story about a real incident or person
anecdote
What is the difference between author's purpose and exigence?
purpose: what they want the audience to get out of it
exigence: why they wrote it
True or False?
You should be directly quoting sources in a synthesis essay.
TRUE
IDEALLY, how many body paragraphs should you be writing for rhetorical analysis?
3
Name your three essays
synthesis
rhetorical analysis
argumentative
the use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose which correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning, etc.
parallelism
Speaker
Purpose
Audience
Context
Exigence
Choice
Appeal
Tone
DOUBLE POINTS
What are the four pillars of evidence
Literature
Pop Culture
News/Current Events
Historical People/Events
In the rhetorical analysis commentary, the rhetorical choice should be related back to the
1._____________
2._____________
1. Audience
2. Author's purpose