Exam
Rhetorical Devices
Miscellaneous
Rhetorical Appeals
Rhetorical Modes and Methods
100

When is your AP Exam? (Time and Date)

What is May 14th at 7:30 AM.

100

A comparison using like or as.

What is Simile

100

FRQ stands for what and how many are there on the AP Exam?

What is Free Response Question and 3

100

Who defined the three rhetorical appeals and where was he from? (He's Ms. Dattoli's FAVORITE!)

Who is Aristotle originally from Greece.

100

Explains a general statement by means of one or more specific examples

What is Exemplification

200

The amount of time allotted for the multiple choice section of the AP Language & Composition exam.

What is one hour?

200

"I am so hungry I could eat a cow!"

What is Hyperbole.

200

A short, interesting, or funny rendition of an event or occurrence that may have happened to the speaker, author, or actor, or someone he or she purports to know.

What is an Anecdote.

200

A recent Infiniti commercial featured Steph Curry. Even though he’s not known for his taste in vehicles, his stature validates the product. This is an example of what kind of appeal?

What is Ethos

200

Juxtaposing two things to highlight their similarities and differences

What is Comparing and Contrasting

300

The amount of time allotted for the free-response section of the AP Language & Composition exam.

What is two hours and fifteen minutes?

300

"It was the best of times; It was the worst of times"

What is Juxtaposition. 

300

An inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or harsh.

What is a Euphemism.

300

There's no price that can be placed on peace of mind. Our advanced security systems will protect the well-being of your family so that you can sleep soundly at night. What rhetorical appeal is being used?

What is Pathos.

300

Creates a common language for the speaker and the audience

What is definition

400

The percent breakdown (scoring) of the two sections of the exam. (What percent is each section worth of the overall score?)

What is 45% for multiple choice and 55% for free-response?

400

"The more you know, the more you know you don't know"

"Less is More"

"Youth is wasted on the young"

What is Paradox

400

What is the weakest form of evidence?

What is Anecdotal evidence or Personal Experience.

400

More than one hundred peer-reviewed studies have been conducted over the past decade, and none of them suggests that this is an effective treatment for hair loss. This is an example of what rhetorical appeal?

What is Logos

400

Explains how something works, how to do something, or how something was done. Explains the subject logically, uses transitions that mark the sequence of major steps, stages, or phases of the process 

What is Process Analysis

500

The location of all players' tests. (Room Number and Proctor)

What is... (check wall for confirmation)

500

"... that government,

of the people,

by the people,

for the people,

shall not perish from this Earth."


What is Epistrophe.

500

What fallacy is a claim made on the basis of insufficient evidence. Instead of looking into examples and evidence that are much more in line with the typical or average situation, you draw a conclusion about a large population using a small, unrepresentative sample

What is a Hasty Generalization

500

Rhetorical Appeals are used to...

What is Persuade.

500

"My memories of my arrival in Hanover, New Hampshire, are mostly of the color green. Green cloaked the hillsides, crawled the ivied walls, and was reflected in the river where the Dartmouth crew students sculled. For a girl who had never been far from Crownpoint, New Mexico, the green felt incredibly juicy, lush, beautiful, and threatening. Crownpoint had vast acreage of sky and sand, but aside from the pastel scrub brush, mesquite, and chamiso, practically the only growing things there were the tiny stunted pines called pinion trees. Yet it is beautiful; you can see the edges and contours of red earth stretching all the way to the boxshaped faraway cliffs and the horizon. No horizon was in sight in Hanover, only trees. I felt claustrophobic." -Lori Aviso, “Walking the Path Between Worlds”

This is an example of what type of Rhetorical Mode

What is Comparing and Contasting