The intention emphasis on word order and sentence structure.
What is syntax?
100
A set of similarly structured words, phrases, or clauses.
What is parallelism
100
After reading the materials for 15 minutes, this is how long you have to write your essays.
What is 2 hours (120 minutes)?
100
"They filled in bubbles and they wrote essays" is an example of this type of sentence.
What is a compound sentence?
100
Every essay should include this as the last sentence of your introductory paragraph that tells what the focus of the essay with be.
What is a thesis statement?
200
The feelings or attitudes associated with a word.
What is connotation?
200
"The person he loved the most ended up killing him" is an example of this rhetorical device.
What is a paradox?
200
For this essay, you probably will not have any direct quotes from outside sources.
What is the Argument Essay?
200
"They studied for the AP exam, they drempt about the AP exam, and they took the AP exam" is an example of this type of sentence.
What is parallel sentence?
200
Placing contrasting images side by side.
What is juxtaposition?
300
Using humor and irony to highlight a problem in society.
What is satire?
300
Unusual word choice, such a regional dialect, archaic language, and powerful connotations.
What is diction?
300
This is all you need to mention when citing a source in your Synthesis Essay.
What is the author's last name OR the source letter?
300
"They students all scored a 5 on the AP exam, leaving Mrs. Joynson in a state of stunned shock, and the students even more shocked because they all believed they had failed" is an example of what type of sentence?
What is a loose sentence?
300
An author discussing his or her own experiences to strengthen the argument is using this mode of persuasion as a rhetorical strategy.
What is ethos?
400
When the first clause or phrase is reversed in the second.
What is chiasmus?
400
The speaker's attitude towards a subject that is conveyed through imagery and figurative language.
What is tone?
400
Strong essays use all three of these modes of persuasion.
What is rhetorical appeals (ethos, pathos, logos)?
400
"Through much studying and stress, the students all did well on the AP exam" is an example of what type of sentence?
What is a periodic sentence?
400
These are the types of evidence you should use in an argument essay. Give THREE.
What is current events, historical events, literary, pop culture (music, movies, tv), sports?
500
A part that is used to represent the whole.
What is synecdoche?
500
The opposite of hyperbole; intensifies an idea through understatement.
What is litotes?
500
When writing a quote, this is the maximum number of lines you should ideally use.
What is 10 words/2 lines?
500
"I went to the bookstore and asked the saleswoman where the self-help section was. She told me that if she told me, it would defeat the purpose."
This is the noun or phrase that the pronoun "she" refers to.
What is an antecedent?
500
Identify the four modes of discourse.
What is exposition, narration, description, and argument/persuasion?