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100

Word Choice

What is Diction?

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100

The time you have to complete the multiple choice section on the AP Language exam

What is 60 minutes?

100

The BULK score of your essay(s) score depends on ..

*think of the rubrics

Evidence and commentary!

100

Appeals to Logic and Reason

What is Logos?

100

The day and date of the AP Exam?

What is Wednesday, May 14, 2025?

200

Deliberate Exaggeration used to create humor or emphasis

What is Hyperbole?

200

The number of questions you can expect on the multiple choice section of the AP Language exam

What is 45?

200

Have a minimum of ________ body paragraphs. 

Two


200
Appeals to Emotion
What is Pathos?
200

T/F: The AP Lang. exam will have writing questions that ask students to “read like a writer” and consider revisions to stimulus texts. 

T

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300

Repeating a sequence of words at the beginnings of neighboring clauses

Anaphora 

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300

The EXACT amount of time you will have to read, plan, and write your three essays during the AP English Language and Composition exam.

What is 2 hours and 15 minutes?

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300

On the synthesis exam,  you must answer the prompt and discuss the __________ among three or more sources. 


Relationship, Differences, Commonalities, etc.

*Answers will vary

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300

What is the difference between rhetorical devices and rhetorical appeals?

A "rhetorical device" is a specific technique or tool used in writing or speech to persuade an audience, like metaphors, repetition, or rhetorical questions, while "rhetorical appeals" are the broader categories of persuasion a speaker uses to influence the audience, such as appealing to logic (logos), emotions (pathos), or credibility (ethos)

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300

What percentage of the AP English Language exam score comes from the multiple-choice section?

45%

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400

An implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text. Ex: Bible

Allusion 

+1000


400

45% of Exam Score comes from Multiple Choice or Essay? 

What is Multiple Choice? 

400

What is the RECOMMENDED amount of time you should spend reading & writing the synthesis essay?

55 minutes

400

What essay can you use First Person? 

Ex: I, we, us, our, etc. 

Argumentative Free Response


400

This test is worth_____________ percent of your grade in this class...

What is 0%?

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500

The arrangement of words and phrases in a specific order

Syntax 

500

Writing an introduction paragraph is great; however, ensure you have a solid  _____________________ in your first paragraph.   

What is a thesis? 

+1000

500

In a rhetorical analysis essay, how many rhetorical devices should you list in your thesis? 

On that note, list three rhetorical DEVICES. 

Three!

Oxymoron, Paradox, Allegory, Metaphor, etc. 

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500

What does H.E.L.P. stand for? What essay will it help?

History, Entertainment, Literature,Personal Experience.

Free Response/Argumentative 

HELP points: +1000

500

The ENTIRE AP English Language and Composition exam is __________________. 

*must say the exact answer 

3 hours and 15 minutes

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600

Greek Term for Truth...

Alithia...


The truth hurts -500 for the other team

600

The synthesis exam considers ____________ type of writing. 


Expository 

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600
The reading section of the MCQ may ask you to 'INFER' certain parts of the text. What does INFER/INFERENCE mean? 

An inference is a conclusion reached by reasoning, using evidence and background knowledge to understand something not directly stated 

EX: Someone slams the door = they are upset/angry

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600

Which of the following best describes the difference between the rhetorical analysis essay and the argumentative free response essay?

The rhetorical analysis essay focuses on how an author builds an argument, while the argument essay asks students to develop their own argument

600

T/F: AP English Language and Composition (AP Lang) is a college-level course and exam focusing on the close reading and analysis of imaginative literature (fiction, poetry, drama) from various periods, aiming to deepen understanding of how writers use language 

F A L S E

POETRY, WHERE? 

IF WRONG, -1000

IF RIGHT, +1000