Rhetorical Appeals
Name the three rhetorical appeals.
Ethos, Pathos, Logos
A reference to another text or assumed knowledge of a reference. ex., reference to the bible- (a good Samaritan)
What is an allusion?
Name the three types of essays on the AP exam that we've reviewed and written in class?
Rhetorical Analysis
Synthesis
Argument
The novel we will be reading this year
What is The Great Gatsby?
Mrs. Donovan's favorite horror movie is:
A. Halloween
B. Child's Play
C. Obsession
What is A, Halloween?
What is ethos?
An appeal to the credibility of the speaker
A figure of speech directly addressing an absent person, abstract concept, or inanimate object.
What is an apostrophe?
True or False
The questions are based on fiction passages and the test your ability to understand rhetorical strategies, audience, and relationships between text
False
The questions are based on NONFICTION passages and the test your ability to understand rhetorical strategies, audience, and relationships between text
The period to come see Mrs. Donovan to make up work
What is 7th hour?
Concise, one or two-sentence summary of the main point or argument of an essay.
What is a Thesis statement?
What is pathos?
An appeal to the audience’s emotions
Putting two contrasting elements together
ex. all's fair in love and war
What is juxtaposition?
How much time will you have for the MCQ section?
60 minutes/1 hour
Two materials you need for this class
Your school-issued computer.
A folder for handouts
*colored highlighters -4 different colors( annotations)*
blue or black ink pens
Pencils to always have in class
Mrs. Donovan has how many kids
What is 2?
What is logos?
An appeal to logic using facts and statistics
An inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or harsh: “We put our dog to sleep.”
What is an euphemism?
How many MCQ's are there?
45
The AP Test is on what day and time
May 12th at 8 am
What novel is being described below:
A traumatized middle-aged man with severe PTSD takes ten years to journey home from a corporate job because he keeps bullying local wildlife, ticking off a one-eyed neighbor, and falling asleep on the job, while a bunch of freeloaders trash his house
What is the Odyssey?
What is exigence?
Whatever prompts the speaker to deliver this message at this time - “the thing that excites or frustrates the speaker”
The use of the same/similar grammatical structure in a sequence of phrases or sentences
What is parallelism?
The length of time to read and write the 3 essays
What is 2 hours and 15 mins
Two forms of cheating in Mrs. Donovan's class
1. Copying someone else's work
2. The Use of AI
What does SPACECAT stand for ( In order)
SPEAKER
Purpose
Audience
Context
Exigence
Choices
Appeals
Tone