Rhetorical Devices
Literature
Vocabulary
AP Exam
Riddles
100
Name the device: "We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."
Antithesis
100
Where does Krik? Krak! take place?
Haiti
100
Identify the word: (adjective) "showing a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously"
Irreverent
100
What are the three essays we will have to write?
Synthesis, Rhetorical Analysis, and Argument
100
What has neither flesh, bone nor nail yet has 4 fingers and a thumb?
A glove
200
What is the difference between anaphora and parallelism?
Anaphora is repetition at the beginning of consecutive sentences, while parallelism is similar ideas within a sentence or multiple sentences.
200
Who did Nanny make Janie marry?
Logan Killicks
200
Define: "Dogmatic"
Inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true
200
You must cite at least how many documents in the Synthesis essay?
3
200
You bury me when I’m alive and dig me up when I’m dead. What am I?
A plant
300
What is ethos?
A rhetorical appeal that emphasizes the credibility of the speaker by listing the speaker's accomplishments, linking the speaker to the audience, or linking the speaker to another respected person
300
What was Gatsby's original name?
James Gatz
300
Define: "Stigma"
A mark of disgrace or shame
300
How many questions are in the Multiple Choice section?
45
300
I'm at the beginning of time and part of past, present and future. I'm part of history, but not of here and now. What am I?
The letter T
400
What type of diction is this? "The cat rubbed up against her knee. He was black all over, deep silky black, and his eyes, pointing down toward his nose, were bluish green."
Concrete diction
400
Who played Gatsby in the movie adaptation of The Great Gatsby?
Leonardo DiCaprio
400
Identify the tone word: "diligent, thorough, and attentive to detail; concerned about avoiding wrong-dong; moral"
Scrupulous
400
What percent of your exam score does the Free Response section make up?
55%
400
What belongs to you, but is used by others?
Your name
500
What literary term can describe this language? "What's the use you learning to do right, when it's troublesome to do right and it ain't no trouble to do wrong, and the wages is just the same?"
Colloquialism
500
Who is this?
Zora Neale Hurston
500
Identify the word: (noun) "the heart, core or vital feature of something"
Crux
500
When is the AP English Language and Composition Exam?
May 10th
500
In a room there is a king, a queen and two twins but nobody is in the room? How is this possible?
They are all beds