Rhetoric
The time-period in which a speech is composed and delivered.
What is the context?
What kinds of evidence can you use in your argument essay? Name at least 4 possible types.
What is history, literature, current events, pop culture, etc.
Name 5 rhetorical strategies
What are.... diction, imagery, tone, simile, metaphor, rhetorical question, personification, repetition, etc.
Name 2 rhetorical devices that you can use for ANY rhetorical analysis essay.
Tone and figurative language.
The catalyst or reason a person has been compelled to write and deliver their speech or message.
What is exigence?
The minimum number of sources you should cite in each body paragraph
What is 1 to 2? (You can use 2 pieces of evidence from the same source, or choose to cite from 2 different sources)
Can you use hypothetical evidence in your argument essay?
What is NO.
Does the Rhetorical Analysis essay have a counterargument?
NO!!! Only the synthesis and argument essays have counterargument paragraphs.
What distinguishes a strong argument from a weak one?
The thesis statement and detailed examples.
In an essay, what is the name for the sentence that presents the main point or argument that the writer will develop and support throughout the essay?
What is a thesis statement?
Describe 2 things you should annotate as you read each source for the synthesis essay.
What is... whether the source supports the topic? Refutes it? Qualifies it? What is the source's central argument about the topic at hand?
What is the term for acknowledging and responding to opposing viewpoints or potential objections within an argument essay?
What is the counterargument?
For each strategy you say the author uses, what's the minimum number of examples you should cite from the text per paragraph?
What is 2?
What are the three types of allusions a writer might include in their speech to reinforce their message?
What is biblical, historical, and greek mythology
What term describes the emotional associations that a word carries, beyond its literal definition?
What is connotation?
Paraphrase what the following prompt is asking you to do:
Synthesize at least three sources, and take a position that defends, challenges, or qualifies the claim that television has positively impacted presidential elections.
Read the sources. Using the sources to support your claim, disagree, agree, or qualify the statement that television has positively impacted presidential elections.
Paraphrase the following prompt.
“Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.” —Horace Consider this quotation about adversity from the Roman poet Horace.
Then write an essay that defends, challenges, or qualifies Horace’s assertion about the role that adversity plays in developing a person’s character.
What is...
What is the numerical order of the essays for the AP Lang exam?
(1) Synthesis
(2) Rhetorical Analysis
(3) Argument
Describe each component of SPACE and where it belongs in the rhetorical analysis essay.
Speaker, Purpose, Audience, Context, Exigence.
It is crucial for the RA essay. It is included in the introduction and sets up the ENTIRE purpose of the essay.
What is the term for the deliberate use of specific words or phrases to create a particular effect on the audience?
What is diction?
Create a thesis statement that takes a position against this prompt: "Television has negatively impacted presidential elections."
What is ...
Create a thesis statement for this prompt. Remember-- it needs to have 2-3 supporting claims.
Write an essay that defends, challenges, or qualifies Horace’s assertion about the role that adversity plays in developing a person’s character.
What is...
What term describes the deliberate choices made by an author to achieve a particular effect on the audience?
What are rhetorical devices or rhetorical choices?