Appeals
Sentence Structure
Rhetorical strategies
Thematic Statements
General
100
"Goaded, by the interference, into a rage more than demoniacal, I withdrew my arm from her grasp and buried the axe in her brain. She fell dead upon the spot, without a groan."
What is Pathos
100
They filled in bubbles and they wrote essays.
What is compound sentence
100
This is also known as double speak. A transitionary example is: lame → crippled → handicapped → disabled → physically challenged → differently abled
What is euphemism?
100
Create a thematic statement in which you consider the lessons about isolation from The Scarlet Letter.
100
This is an example of what? In our society we rely to heavily on products from the rain forest.
What is a claim?
200
"Now I'm guilt stricken, sobbing with my head on the floor, stop a baby's breath and a shoe full of rice."
What is Pathos
200
The AP test consists of a multiple choice section, and a synethsis essay, and an analysis essay, and a free response essay.
What is polysndeton sentence.
200
Back to the Future questions the ability to go back into time and alter your future. This has come to be called the Grandfather what?
What is paradox?
200
Create a thematic statement about one of the messages put forth in Waiting for Superman.
200
John is to Michelle as Lord Voldemort is to Harry Potter.
What is an antagonist?
300
"Indeed, even Steve Barr, the founder of Green Dot Public Schools lauded by "Waiting for Superman" as one of the leaders of the charter school movement, is vocally pro-union. In fact, all 17 of his charter schools are fully unionized, and the one in Bronx opened as a result of direct collaboration between Green Dot and the AFT."
What is Ethos
300
They studied for the AP test, they drempt about the AP test, and they took the AP test and hoped they did well.
What is paralell sentence.
300
Simplicity, Simplicity, Simplicity! ~Henry David Thoreau
What is anaphora?
300
In The Black Cat, we read about a narrator who tried to justify himself by writing his story. Create a thematic statement in regards to this story.
300
What literary device is this an example of? Huck Finn discovers a house floating down the river that holds a dead body, which Jim protects him from.
What is foreshadow?
400
"It used to be that machines automated work, giving us more time to do other things, but now machines automate the production of attention-consuming information, which takes our time. For example, if one person sends the same e-mail message to ten people, then ten people (in theory) should give it their attention. And that's a low-end example."
What is Logos
400
The students failed the test, leaving the teacher in shock and the students in even more shock than the teacher because they had believed they had well.
What is loose sentence.
400
When two opposing ideas, beliefs, characterizations are used to emphasize a point. In literature, this might look like Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort, Aslan and The White Witch, Theoden and Denethor.
What is antithesis?
400
We read "Where I Lived, and What I Lived For," where Thoreau talks about the value of living life. Create a thematic statement about the message created by Thoreau.
400
What is the Scarlet Letter on Hester's chest an example of?
What is a symbol?
500
God himself culminates in the present moment, and will never be more devine in the lapse of all the ages."
What is Ethos
500
Through much studying, staying up late, and not so much rest, the AP students managed to all pass the test.
What is periodic sentence.
500
This is a moral anecdote, brief or extended, real or fictitious, used to illustrate a point. An example of this would be The Tales of Beedle the Bard.
What is exemplum?
500
We read Huck Finn and learned that Huck's practical personality helped them get out of tought predicaments, and Tom's adventurous views did not. Creating a thematic statement in regards to this.
500
Name the genre of Huck Finn and A Modest Proposal.
What is satire.
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