Appeals
Sentence Structure
Rhetorical strategies
Theses
Events/Trends
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
Where should your thesis appear in a timed writing on the AP test?
What is at the end of the introduction?
100
A disaster in March in Southern France
What is a the suicidal jetliner crash involving a young German copilot?
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 synthesis essay, and an analysis essay, and a free response essay.
What is polysndeton sentence.
200
Hamlet: "I must be cruel to be kind."
What is paradox or oxymoron
200
What is the difference between an open and a closed thesis?
What is that one projects the content of the body paragrpahs and the other one does not.
200
Katmandu, Nepal
What is an earthquake that has killed over 6000 people?
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 dreamt about the AP test, and they took the AP test and hoped they did well.
What is a parallel sentence.
300
Simplicity! Simplicity! Simplicity! ~Henry David Thoreau
What is anaphora?
300
What kind of thesis should you try to use on the timed writings?
What is closed?
300
Intensifying nationalism
What is people turned to political nationalism to protect and shelter their communities against the uneven and inequitable patterns of growth so, too, people seem to be turning back to – and mobilizing around – old loyalties and traditional identities as they seek to insulate themselves; whether it be in Catalonia or Belgium or Lombardy, they are demanding protection against what seems to be the economic disruption and social dislocation of globalization, which threatens to sweep aside long-established customs, values and ways of life.
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 all passed the test, leaving the teacher pleased and surprised and the students in even more shock than the teacher because they were worried they had not done well.
What is a loose sentence.
400
When two opposing ideas, beliefs, characterizations are used to emphasize a point, such as "Give me liberty, or give me death!" --Patrick Henry
What is antithesis?
400
In which two timed writings is an open thesis acceptable?
What is the synthesis and the argumentative?
400
Explain "Persistent jobless growth"
The transformations and job displacements associated with technological progress are happening faster, and may even be more dramatic in their impact than anything experienced before, and the task of providing a meaningful, substantial role for everyone is going to be hugely important. ?
500
God himself culminates in the present moment, and will never be more divine 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 a periodic sentence.
500
This is a brief or extended narrative, real or fictitious, used to illustrate a point.
What is an anecdote?
500
In which essay should you definitely use a closed, 3 part thesis?
What is the rhetorical analysis?
500
Explain "The weakening of representative democracy"
What is the disconnect between citizens and the officials that represent them.
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