Terms
The term describes any structure that displays recurrent syntactical similarity.
What is parallelism (parallel structure)?
Words.
What is diction?
The most important thing to determine in rhetorical analysis.
The author's purpose.
What is CHELPS?
The length of the reading period.
What is 15 minutes?
A reference in a written or spoken text to another text or some particular body of knowledge (history, mythology, The Bible).
What is an allusion?
Explaining something complex by comparing it to something more simple.
What is an analogy?
The intended recipient of the message.
Who is the audience?
Choose examples that make you sound...
What is smart?
True or false: you can start writing during the reading period.
True. (But you probably shouldn't).
The repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences
What is anaphora?
Placing two very different ideas together for effect.
What is juxtaposition?
Citing peer-reviewed research and data is an appeal to...
What is logic?
The most important thing to remember to do on the argument & synthesis essays.
What is pick a side?
The number of sources you MUST use in your synthesis.
What is 3?
A deliberate omission of conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses
What is asyndeton?
The order words are put in.
What is syntax?
The author's attitude toward a subject.
What is tone?
The number of sources you should try to use in each body paragraph on the synthesis?
What is 2? (at least!)
The time you need to arrive at school on Wednesday.
What is 7:15 a.m.?
An apparently contradictory statement that actually contains some truth.
What is a paradox?
Concise statement that expresses succinctly a general truth or idea about life.
What is an aphorism?
"Given my PhD in the subject and years of experience in the field" is an appeal to...
What is credibility?
What are Disney, the Holocaust, Hitler, MLK, Rosa Parks, etc.
The month you'll get your AP scores?
What is July?