Rhetorical Elements
He killed the lights and the mistress.
zuegma
"You should trust me because I am telling the truth. I am telling the truth because you should trust me."
Circular Reasoning
Name the 3 essays on the AP Exam.
rhetorical essay, Argument Essay, synthesis essay
How many sources must be used in the synthesis Essay?
3
What is writing that is vague or unclear called?
ambiguous
Name 2 elements:
"Symbolizing an end as well as a beginning, signifying renewal as well as change..."
antithesis, restatement
"Everyone is using our product, so you should too!"
Bandwagon
A clause that cannot stand on its own as a sentence is what?
dependent or subordinate clause
What percent of the essay is permitted to be cited?
10%
What do you call a coming-of-age novel?
Bildungsroman
"It was the best of time, it was the worst of times, I was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity..."
anaphora, antithesis, parallelism, asyndeton
"I met one person from New York City who was rude, therefore all people from New York are rude."
Hasty Generalization
What 3 items are necessary to have a complete sentence?
subject, predicate (verb), complete thought
Because Sally went into labor after eating eggplant parmigiana, the eggplant parmigiana must have caused the labor.
Post Hoc Ergo Proptor hoc
What are words like first, next, moreover, furthermore, and consequently called?
transitions
Name 3 elements: "Would the New Jersey legislature have passed that shameful repeal bill enabling girls of fourteen years to work all night, if the mothers in New Jersey were enfranchised?"
rhetorical question, pathos, personification
A police officer pulls a car over for speeding. The driver complains, saying that they shouldn't pay a fine since there are so many dangerous criminals out there and the police should be chasing them instead.
Red Herring
What type of long sentence is complete before its ending?
You are either for the war or against it.
False dichotomy or either/or fallacy
"...that government of the people, by the people, for the people..."
epistrophe and parallelism
imagery, anaphora, onomatopoeia, personification
People who don’t study will fail the test. Mira failed the test, so therefore, she didn’t study.
Non Sequitor
What type of writing is biased, filled with opinion?
subjective
Name 3 of the 4 types of sentences.
declarative, imperative, interrogative, exclamatory
Referring to someone as "vertically challenged" instead of short.
euphemism