"Time is money," "America is a melting pot," and "blanket of snow" are all examples of this.
What are metaphors?
100
Sarah Adams urges us to be cool to this dude.
Who is the pizza dude?
100
To describe the condition in which most humans live, Plato uses this as a central metaphor.
What is a cave?
100
An effective introduction for a rhetorical analysis essay only needs to be this long.
What is one or two sentences?
100
The amount of time given to complete the essay portion of the exam.
What is two hours and fifteen minutes?
200
When Margaret Thatcher referred to President Ronald Reagan as "Ronnie" during his eulogy, she is using this kind of diction.
What is informal diction?
200
This world-class violinist did a social experiment that involved performing for commuters on a Washington D.C. subway platform.
Who is Joshua Bell?
200
In his commencement speech to Kenyon College's graduating class of 2005, David Foster Wallace claims that this is our default setting.
What is selfishness, or self-centeredness?
200
According to the hierarchy of evidence, this tends to be the best evidence to utilize in an argument essay.
What is a good, specific example from personal experience?
200
The amount of time given to complete the multiple choice section of the exam.
What is one hour?
300
This narrative perspective addresses the reader directly.
What is second person?
300
Joe Posnanski's article tracing the tradition of playing The Star-Spangled Banner at sporting events was spurred by this NFL quarterback's controversial behavior.
Who is Colin Kaepernick?
300
She was publicly shamed after sneaking boys in at 1:00 A.M.
Who is Jasmine?
300
This is the best way to present a quote in any essay.
What is embedding it, or what is an embedded quote?
300
The number of questions you should leave blank on the multiple choice exam.
What is 0?
BUT...skip the hard ones and come back to them later!
400
"The old house groaned," "lightning danced across the sky," and "each photograph hides a secret" are examples of this.
What is personification?
400
According to David Dunning, we are all this.
What are confident idiots?
400
In this essay, Langston Hughes recalls a formative boyhood experience in which he lied in church.
What is "Salvation"?
400
This type of thesis is fine for rhetorical analysis and rough drafts, but it is too simplistic for argument and synthesis essays.
What is the "junior high list" thesis?
400
The score you need to pass the AP Lang. exam.
What is a three?
500
"Mr. Hamann might be the tallest man in the universe, but Mr. Messer is literally a bazillion times better looking" is an example of this rhetorical device.
What is hyperbole? (Don't be confused: Only the first example is hyperbole.)
500
Contrary to the idea of moral relativism, Justin P. McBrayer argues that there are also these.
What are moral facts?
500
In "The Morals of the Prince," this Italian philosopher asserts that it is often better for a leader to be feared than loved.
Who is Machiavelli?
500
This explains how the evidence ties to your claim.
What is a warrant?
500
The only tool you should bring to the exam besides writing utensils (and have it sitting out where you can see it!)