Structure of the exam
The AP Exam is how long? Don't include breaks
What is 3 hours and 15 minutes?
A rhetorical device in which the same word of phrase is repeated at the end of multiple clauses or sentences.
What is epistrophe?
What is an acknowledgement that readers may not agree with every point the writer is making and may agree with a point from an oppositional view.
What is a concession?
You get how many sources on the synthesis FRQ, and how many do you have to use on the exam? *Answer in this order (must be exact!)
What is 6-7 sources given and 3-4 sources used?
Speaker, Purpose, Audience, Context, and Exigence are known as what?
What is the rhetorical situation?
How many questions are on the multiple choice section of the exam?
What is 45?
What rhetorical device is a direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art?
What is an allusion?
What is a short personal story used to illustrate a point, engage the audience, or make an idea more relatable?
What is an anecdote?
In your rhetorical analysis body paragraphs, what must you do with your choice you are discussing?
What is bringing it back to two elements of the rhetorical situation?
(answers may vary)
This term refers to what motivated writers to write and what the goals of their texts are. These goals may originate from a personal place, but they are shared when writers engage audiences through writing.
What is purpose?
How many reading and writing MCQ passages are on the Multiple Choice Section of the exam? *Answer in this order
What is 2 and 3?
What rhetorical device is it when a writer repeats a word or phrase at the beginning of multiple clauses or sentences.
What is anaphora?
What is the difference between a rebuttal and refutation?
What is arguing against a side solely with your opinion vs. using concrete evidence to back up your side?*answers vary
What is the difference between tone and mood?
What is tone is the author’s attitude toward the subject, while mood is the feeling created in the audience?
This person created the term rhetoric.
Who is Plato?
What is the suggested time for the synthesis essay, rhetorical analysis essay, and argumentative essay? *Answer in this order
What is 55 minutes, 40 minutes, and 40 minutes?
What rhetorical device asks a question and directly answers it?
What is hypophora?
What rhetorical device places two things (ideas, objects, images, etc..) side by side to highlight/bring out their differences?
What is juxtaposition?
An author repeatedly asks questions throughout an essay without expecting the audience to answer them. What rhetorical device is this, and what effect does it create?
What is a rhetorical question, which engages the audience, encourages them to reflect on the issue, and emphasizes the speaker/writer's point? (answers may vary)
CHELPSS stands for what?
What is current events, history, experience, literature, pop culture, sports, and science?
What does FRQ #1, FRQ #2, And FRQ #3 stand for? *Answer in this order
What is Synthesis, Rhetorical Analysis, and Argument?
What are the two major components that make up a rhetorical analysis introduction?
What is context and a thesis?
What rhetorical device is listing or providing multiple examples of something and what is an effect it can have?
What is exemplification and creates emotional connection through real examples? (Answers vary)
What makes an effective introduction paragraph on the synthesis essay?
What is a definition sentence, context, and a thesis statement?
A figure of speech in which a part of something is used to signify the whole, or vice-versa is called what?
ex: Give us this day, our daily bread, all hands on deck, nice wheels
What is synecdoche?