The multiple choice portion of the AP test lasts...
What is one hour?
100
The 3 parts to the rhetorical triangle are...
What is subject, audience, purpose?
100
An author is...
What is the writer of a piece of writing?
100
A main idea is
What is important information that tells more about the overall idea of a paragraph or section of a text?
100
The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to
the literal meaning.
What is Allegory?
200
List 4 key things you should notice while reading the passage.
What is title, author, date, footnotes?
200
The difference between hypophora and anthypophora is...
What is 1)Hypophora is seen as the statement or question. Anthypophora as the immediate reply
2)Anthypophora is seen as the statement or question. Hypophora as the immediate reply
200
The main idea is usually found in the " " paragraph.
What is Introductory?
200
One of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression (word or words) is
repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences.
Ex. “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.”
What is Anaphora?
300
How are questions arranged? 1) easiest to hardest or 2) in sequence with the passage
What is number 2?
300
The term rhetoric has the following meaning:
1. The study and practice of effective communication.
2. The study of the effects of texts on audiences.
3. The art of persuasion.
4. A pejorative term for insincere eloquence intended to win points and manipulate others.
5. All of the above
what is 5. All of the above?
300
The Author's Purpose can be to... (list 3 of 6)
What is compare, contrast, criticize, describe, explain, identify?
300
Why is the main idea important?
Because it tells the point the author is trying to prove.
300
Related to style, " " refers to the writer’s word choices, especially with regard to their correctness,
clearness, or effectiveness.
What is Diction?
400
Partially correct answers, vocabulary "tricks", and irrelevant answers are all....
What is distractors?
400
"Have you no shame, coming in as Gandhi and stuffing yourself with Buffalo wings? Why didn't you come as FDR and go around with crazy legs?" What rhetorical device is being used?
What is Epiplexis?
400
"The Odyssey" by William Faulkner. Who is the author?
What is William Faulkner?
500
Footnotes can...
(list 3 of the 5)
What is
1) identify sources
2) define terms
3) add facts or details
4) clarify confusion
5) set the record straight
500
“Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?”
What rhetorical device is being used?
1. parody
2. Metaphor
3. Innuendo
4. Metaphor