AP Lang essay
This essay asks students to analyze rhetorical choices in a passage.
What is the rhetorical analysis essay?
A comparison using “like” or “as.”
What is a simile
This appeal relies on emotion.
What is pathos?
This leader delivered the “I Have a Dream” speech.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
“I’m so excited to spend my entire weekend doing homework,” the speaker says while rolling their eyes.
What is sarcastic?
This essay requires students to create and defend a position on an issue.
What is the argument essay?
This rhetorical strategy uses a series of parallel structures for emphasis.
What is parallelism?
This appeal relies on credibility or trustworthiness.
What is ethos?
The AP Lang exam has this many essays in the FRQ section.
What is 3?
“Despite the challenges ahead, we will succeed together.”
What is optimistic?
This essay uses multiple sources as evidence.
What is the synthesis essay?
The difference between “childlike” and “childish” shows this aspect of diction.
What is connotation?
Facts, evidence, and logic are used in this appeal.
What is logos?
The first essay on the AP Lang exam is usually this essay type.
What is synthesis?
“I can’t wait to see you! Today is going to be great!”
What is happy or excited?
In body paragraphs, this explains why the evidence matters.
What is commentary?
The attitude a writer has toward a subject is called this.
What is tone?
A celebrity endorsing a product mainly uses this appeal.
What is ethos?
What does S.O.A.P.S.T.O.N.E stands for ?
What is Speaker, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Subject, and Tone?
I don’t like this at all. It feels wrong.”
What is unhappy or upset?
This should appear at the end of an introduction paragraph.
What is the thesis statement?
The central argument or position of an essay.
What is a thesis?
A heartbreaking commercial about abandoned pets mainly appeals to this.
What is pathos?
What does S.P.A.C.E stand for
What is a Speaker, Purpose, Audience , Content, and Exigence?
“Be quiet and listen carefully.”
What is serious or strict?