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Rhetoric
Defensible Thesis
Essays
Multiple Choice
Logistics
100
Rhetoric is...

What is the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing?

100

There are 3 things that make a thesis defensible.

What is it states a claim, there is evidence to support it, and it is not the obvious answer?

100

The minimum number of sources you need to cite in your SYNTHESIS essay

What is 3?

100

True/false: You should answer every question, even if you aren't sure.

TRUE

100

What day and time is your AP English Language Exam?

Tuesday, May 14th at 8am.

200

Name 5 rhetorical choices/devices

What is syntax, diction, figurative language, metaphor, simile, ethos, pathos, logos...

200
Your thesis appears in...
What is the introduction?
200

The number of rhetorical devices/choices you should reference in your analysis

At least THREE! Each device/choice should have 2-3 examples in your body paragraphs.
200
Strategies for picking the best answer in the multiple choice section.

Process of elimination, answer the question without looking at the answers, read the questions before reading...

200

The number of multiple choice on the exam.

45 (1 hour time limit).

300
The repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines or sentences
What is anaphora?
300

Your thesis serves this purpose.

What is the guide of your essay?

300
The minimum number of sources you should cite in each body paragraph
What is 2? (If you don't cite more than one source per paragraph, you're probably not synthesizing the sources.)
300

True/False: You should spend as much time on each question as you can.

FALSE! Skip questions you don't know and come back to them later.

300

The exam begins at 8am. You will be here at...

7:30AM!

400

Name the elements of the rhetorical situation.

Exigence, purpose, audience, writer, message, and content.

400

Correct this thesis: "Advertisements have an impact on children."

Advertisements have a positive/negative impact on children because...

400

Types of evidence.

What is CHELPS (Current Events, Historical Events, Entertainment, Literature, Personal Experience, Sports/Science)?

400

A way the exam will try to trick you...

What is by saying "All answer EXCEPT"

Pay attention to wording.

400

The number of essays on the exam.

THREE! (Synthesis, Argumentative, and Rhetorical Analysis) [2 hours, 15 minute time limit]

500

Define exigence.

What is the moment or event that motivates someone to write or speak about a specific issue, problem, or situation?

500

True/False: Your thesis should reference specific text evidence.

FALSE! It should reference specific reasoning, but evidence should only be in the body paragraphs.

500
Describe 2 things you should annotate for as you read each source
What is... whether the source supports the topic? Refutes it? Qualifies it? What is the source's central argument about the topic at hand?
500

True/False: All your answers need to be in your answer booklet.

TRUE

500

What form is the test in (physical or digital)?

PHYSICAL! It is on paper. You need to do the MC in pencil and write essays in PEN.