This and That
AP Language
Rhetorical Devices
Figurative Language
Definitions
100

The highest possible score on an individual essay

What is six?

100

The art of using language to persuade 

What is rhetoric?

100

Using the same verb tense or structure in a sentence or sentences. For example, "This government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the Earth"

What is parallel structure?

100

The literary device used in this poem to describe the speaker's attitude toward dying. 

"If we must die, let it not be like hogs

Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot"

What is simile?

100

The writer's attitude toward a subject

What is tone?

200

This is the most elusive point on each essay

What is the sophistication point?

200

Adding imbedded quotes from the text satisfies this requirement.

What is evidence?

200

A question whose answer is implied and does not  actually have to be stated

What is a Rhetorical Question?

200

The device used in this poem: 

For a full week, the blackberries would ripen.

At first, just one, a glossy purple clot

Among others, red, green, hard as a knot.

You ate that first one and its flesh was sweet

What is imagery?

200

These are the three appeals in rhetoric.

What are logos, pathos, and ethos?

300

The highest score each essay may earn in Evidence and Commentary

What is four?

300

A body paragraph MUST include these three elements.

What are a Claim, Evidence, and Commentary (that links the claim and evidence to the author's purpose and audience).

300

The rhetorical appeal used here: “I was like you. I didn’t have much money. I struggled to pay the rent. Then I studied the stock market. I was determined to make some money. Sometimes I won, sometimes I lost. But I kept trying. And eventually, I devised the system that you will learn today. You will finally be rich 

What is ethos?

300

The device used in this Robert Frost Poem 

"Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay. "

What is allusion?

300

Including personal examples supports this rhetorical appeal

What is ethos? (most commonly)

400

The thesis statement must ___ ____________.

What is defensible?

400

Other than a thesis, the most important element of a Rhetorical Analysis Essay.

What is commentary?

400
Bringing two contrasting ideas or things together in order to highlight their differences

What is juxtaposition?

400

The literary device used in this poem to describe death: 

"Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light. 

What is metaphor?

400
Is it better to use the names of the rhetorical appeals or to describe them and use imbedded quotes?

What is describe/imbedded quotes?

500

This is the process of analyzing a writer's writing or a speaker's speech.

What is rhetorical analysis?

500

This is the better thesis of these two options:

1. Rowling’s imagery and dark word choice help establish a morose tone which reveals the depth of Harry’s grief over his parents as he weeps by their grave.


2. Rowling's juxtaposition and details help create a morose atmosphere which helps the reader understand what Harry is feeling.

What is thesis number 1?

500

Writing or speaking about an issue as if serious but really making fun of it

What is satire?

500

Using gentler language to soften the blow of a message or word

What is euphemism?

500

The term for when someone begins their sentences with repeating words or phrases

What is anaphora?

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