SPACE
CAT
A Lesson before Dying
East of Eden
Surprise!
100

If you ask why something was written, you are asking about this SPACECAT category.

What is purpose?

100

Word choice, sentence structure, and figures of speech all fall under this SPACECAT category.

What is choices?

100

The public defender compares Jefferson to this.

What is a hog?

100

The title of the novel comes from this story.

What is the biblical story of Cain and Abel?

100

This is a common theme or storytelling device used in literature.

What is a trope?

200

This is the catalyst that motivated the speaker/writer to act.

What is exigence?

200

Including personal testimonies to demonstrate someone's credibility is this type of rhetorical appeal.

What is ethos?

200

Grant and Vivian plan to get married once this happens.

What is Vivian's divorce?

200

The Hebrew word "timshel" translates to this two-word phrase.

What is "thou mayest"?

200

This is another word for the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing.

What is rhetoric?

300

This is the group of readers/listeners to whom the text is directed.

What is the target audience?

300

This rhetorical appeal would likely be used to great success in a GoFundMe campaign for a puppy that needs surgery.

What is pathos?

300

This object has to be rented and brought into town near the end of the novel.

What is the electric chair?

300

Cathy most identifies with this literary character.

Who is Alice in Wonderland?

300

When Lee and Grant switch between different types of speech depending on context and audience, they are engaging in this common linguistic practice.

What is codeswitching?

400

If you ask how a text would have been received by a different audience in a different time, you are asking about this SPACECAT category.

What is context?

400

The specific language through which the author expresses their emotions can be best analyzed by looking at these TWO SPACECAT categories.

What are choices and tone?

400
Jefferson's story was loosely based on the story of this real person.

Who is Willie Francis?

400

Lee briefly leaves to __________________ in the city of _________________ but returns after five days because he is lonely.

What are "open a bookstore" and "San Francisco"?

400

This literary movement focuses on the external forces that determine people's behavior.

What is naturalism?

500

The author and the speaker of the text are not necessarily...

What is the same?

500

The Greek word "pathos" literally translates to this.

What is "suffering"?

500

Jefferson believes that the Lord only works for these.

What are white people?

500

According to Steinbeck's letters to his editor, he wanted his writing in EoE to have none of these.

What are adjectives?

500
It is very rare for AP Lang students to earn this point on the rhetorical analysis rubric.

What is the sophistication point?

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