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The number of reading passages in the multiple choice section
The official term for an appeal to logic and reason
What is logos?
The number of sources you have to cite in your synthesis essay
What is three sources minimum?
The type of evidence permissible in this essay but typically avoided in a formal essay
What is personal experience?
The name of Ms. Clark's dog
What is Mack?
The total number of questions you can expect in the multiple choice section
What is 45 questions?
Three of these must be mentioned in your thesis in order to earn the thesis point
What are rhetorical choices or rhetorical strategies?
The first sentence of a refutation paragraph
What is the statement of refutation?
What you should use to showcase your writing skills in the argument essay
The way words are arranged in sentences
What is syntax?
The amount of time you have to read, plan, and write your three essays on the AP exam
What is 2 hours and 15 minutes?
What earns you the sophistication point on the rhetorical analysis essay
What is discussing the rhetorical situation as part of your commentary?
The four components of a theme statement paragraph
What is statement of assumption, statement of fact, statement of theme (thesis), and statement of condition?
What the evidence you select should NOT be
What is common and unspecific?
A text or performance that uses wit, irony, and sarcasm to draw attention to an issue in society
What is satire?
The essay that is titled Question 2
What is the rhetorical analysis essay?
What SPACE stands for
What earns you the sophistication point on the synthesis essay
What is addressing the counterargument or exploring the complexities of an argument?
What is often necessary to do as part of the theme statement paragraph in an argument essay
What is define a term?
The name that encapsulates classification, compare/contrast, definition, etc.
What is rhetorical modes or development strategies?
The amount of time test writers recommend you spend on each essay
What is 40 minutes?
What you must do to establish a clear line of reasoning in a rhetorical analysis essay
What is connect every rhetorical choice to the speaker's purpose?
The three components of a synthesis main point
What is the topic of the essay, a connection to the thesis, and the reason or focus of the paragraph?
What earns you the sophistication point on the argument essay
What is writing skillfully, considering the rhetorical situation of your argument, or exploring relationships between concepts.
What is the magic three, figurative language, repetition for effect, specific details for effect, partial sentences, the astonishingly short sentence, asyndeton or polysyndeton, humor, and/or the pull-through technique?