RHETORICAL DEVICES
What is occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words?
Alliteration
Which tone word means having mixed feelings?
Ambivalent
What is a logical fallacy?
an element of an argument that is flawed, which can make the reasoning, or the entire argument invalid
How much time does the college board recommend you spend on each essay?
40 minutes
What is SOAPStone the abbreviation of?
In this order: Speaker, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Subject, Tone
What is the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form?
Personification
What is the definition of a cynical tone?
Negative
Which type of logical fallacy is used in the following passage? Calling someone a bigot during a serious debate.
Ad Hominem
Essays on the AP Exam are graded from 1 to what?
9
Identify the audience at a boardroom meeting?
Shareholders or members of the board
Which rhetorical device is being used in the passage? "Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store?"
Archaic Diction
What is the meaning of a confessional tone?
Making use of events in one’s own life
What is a harsh term that is switched out with a less offensive sounding word?
Euphemism
How many questions are on the multiple choice section of the AP exam?
55-60 Questions
Identify the purpose of a historical essay about the Vietnam war?
To inform
What rhetorical device is being used in the passage? "In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than mine, will rest the final success or failure of our course."
Metonymy
What type of tone is strongly encouraging?
Hortatory
What is the logical fallacy used in this passage?
You and other people could die if this bill is not passed.
Appeal to fear
What types of essays will be on the AP exam?
1 Rhetorical Analysis essay (ANALYSIS, ARGUMENT, SATIRE, OR COMPARE/CONTRAST)
1 Argument essay
1 Synthesis essay
Identify the speaker at a State of the Union Address?
The President of the United States
Parallel structure is the use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose which correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning, etc. What are the 4 types of Parallel structure?
Anaphora, Antimetabole, Antithesis, and Zeugma
What would be the most visible tone in Earl Spencer's eulogy for Princess Diana?
Elegiac
What is using qualities of a known person with a product or idea to promote or denote it?
Transference
How many documents do you have at you're disposal during the synthesis essay?
6-7 Documents
Identify the SOAPS for JFK's inauguration speech?
Speaker- JFK
Occasion- His inauguration
Audience- The American people
Purpose- To inform
Subject- Him becoming President and the problems of the World