Rhetorical Analysis
Synthesis
Argument
AP Test
Terms
100

What is the tool we use to identify the rhetorical situation?

What is SOAPSTONE? (subject, occasion, audience, purpose, style, and tone)

100

The correct number of sources to use in a synthesis essay...

What is 3?

100

The typical structure of an argument essay...

What is an introduction (thesis), body paragraphs (with claims and evidence), and conclusion?

100

The MCQ section consists of how many questions in how much time?

What is 45 questions in 1 hour?

100

The three rhetorical appeals introduced by Aristotle...

What are ethos, logos, and pathos?

200

When discussing rhetorical context, another word for "context" is...

What is situation?

200

You have to add this after synthesizing your sources....

What is your own commentary?

200

The amount of evidence needed for a good argument essay.

What is four?

200

The number of sections on the AP Lang exam.

What is two sections?

200

The term for specific examples, facts, or statistics that support a claim in an essay...

What is evidence?

300

The goal of a rhetorical analysis essay is to...

What is identify the author's argument and finding how they accomplished it?

300

The purpose of paraphrasing or quoting from a source...

What is to provide supporting evidence; to increase the author's credibility?

300

What you should be attempting to prove throughout your writing.

What is your claim/argument?

300

The two categories of questions in the MCQ.

What is reading and writing?

300

The term for a statement that opposes the claim in an argumentative essay...

What is a counterargument?

400

When you do rhetorical analysis, you have to look at a text from the perspective of both the _______ and the _______.

What is reader and writer?

400

True or False: Titles and publication information of sources give helpful clues.

True - Because you need to review the sources quickly  the information that precedes the source s can assist in determining the position and perspective of the source.

400

Persuasive arguments may be organized _______ or _______ and include a call to action for the audience.

What is inductively or deductively?

400

The number of sources in the synthesis essay that are visual.

What is two?

400

Reading, Entertainment, History, Universal Truths, Government, Observation...

What is REHUGO?

500

"Writers often draw on exposition, narration, and persuasion to accomplish their..." (IA, p. 248)

What is purpose?

500

Combining information from different sources into an argument or conclusion...

What is synthesis?

500

Why is it important for writers to consider their audience when crafting an argumentative essay?

What is to tailor the argument and language to the expectations and values of the intended audience?

500

When is the sophistication point awarded to an essay? (description acceptable)

Demonstrates full understanding of the rhetorical situation, constructs a nuanced argument, uses a nuanced style, use strong rhetorical choices.

500

First, second, nevertheless, however, for example, as you can see, in conclusion.

What are transition words?

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