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Vivid description that appeals to the physical senses
What is Imagery?
the 3 types of essays on the AP Lang exam
What is rhetorical analysis, synthesis, and argument?
the minimum number of body paragraphs
What is 2?
What are the 5 key elements of the rhetorical situation?
What are the speaker, audience, message, context, and exigence?
This acronym will help you to brainstorm evidence for the Argument Essay. List out all parts of the acronym!
What is CHELPSS?
Current Events
History
Experience
Literature
Pop Culture
Sports/Science
chiasmus and antithesis are types of this
What is parallelism?
the amount of time you have to read and respond to all 3 essays
What is 2 hours and 15 minutes?
Both the Synthesis Essay, Argument Essay, and Rhetorical Analysis require you use these two elements to defend your thesis.
What are evidence and reasoning/commentary?
the philosopher credited for defining the rhetorical appeals
Who is Aristotle?
"9 out of every 10 dentists recommend Colgate to their patients."
Who is Ethos?
2 very different elements are placed side by side for comparison to highlight a contrast
What is juxtaposition?
The time you have to complete the multiple choice section on the AP Language exam
What is 60 minutes?
the 2 elements required in the thesis statement for the rhetorical analysis
What is the author's message and rhetorical devices?
the author's attitude toward the subject
What is tone?
The combination of an author's structural and rhetorical choices in a text. This is unique to each and every author.
What is style?
the repetition of words at the beginning of successive clauses/sentences
What is anaphora?
What is 45?
By discussing this, you can achieve a higher, more sophisticated score on the RA essay.
What is the rhetorical situation?
What are the Methods of Development? (Definition, Narration, Description, Cause and Effect, Compare and Contrast).
What are the two rhetorical devices relied upon heavily by Tim O'Brien? It created a sense of heaviness and exhaustion while describing the soldiers in his story.
What is polysyndeton and asyndeton?
when the speaker establishes their own credibility or set of values to connect with the audience.
What is an ethos?
The date of the AP Lang test this year
What is May 14th?
In order to make effective choices in your own writing, you must always consider this.
What is the audience?
This is the arrangement of your claims, evidence, and logical explanation within an essay. They will be looking for this within all the essays.
What is a Line of Reasoning?
Arthur Miller relies on the three types of ____________ to create suspense, tension, and themes throughout his play "The Crucible".
What is irony?