THE TEST
The 4 parts of the AP exam
What is 3 essays and 1 multiple choice section
The text __________and author's _________are essential to rhetorical analysis.
What is Meaning and Purpose
Spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
What is Colloquialism
The literal meaning of a word as defined
What is Denotation
This describes the author's attitude toward his or her material, the audience, or both
What is Tone
The percentage of the MC section
What is 45%
The rhetorical __________and ___________must be analyzed in chronological order.
What is Organization and Structure
"Wise men don't need advice; fools don't take it"
What is Aphorism or Maxim
The sensory details used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions
What is Imagery
Similar to diction, but this refers to sentence structure or groups of words rather than individual words
What is Syntax
The percentage of your score that the free response section is worth
What is 55%
_______,_________, and __________ are perceived by the audience, and they are the three elements of the art of persuasion.
What are Ethos, Logos, and Pathos
"There were frowzy fields, and cow-houses, and dunghills, and dustheaps, and ditches, and gardens, and summer-houses, and carpet-beating grounds, at the very door of the Railway." (Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, 1848)
What is Polysyndeton
Placing dissimilar items, descriptions, or ideas side by side for comparison or contrast
What is Juxtaposition
This directly expresses the author's opinion, stance, purpose, or proposition
What is Thesis
The aspect of the test that gives test takers sources and 55 minutes to complete.
What is Synthesis essay
The _________ summarizes the author's purpose, audience, and devices in a text and it functions as the introduction to the essay
What is Rhetorical Precis
To err is human; to forgive divine."
What is Antithesis
This targets human vices and follies, or social institutions and conventions, for reform or ridicule. Can be recognized by author's use of irony, wit, hyperbole, understatement...
What is Satire
Instructive
What is Didactic
This mode of writing is FUNDAMENTAL for two of the free-response questions.
What is argumentation
_________is the father of rhetoric
Who is Aristotle
"The disgruntled worker quickly took his belongings and his leave."
What is Zeugma
All "hands" on deck
What is Synecdoche
"I can resist anything but temptation"
What is Paradox