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SOAPS/DIDLS
Example
Definition
Random
100
"You should consider another route. I heard that that street is far more dangerous and ominous at night than during the daytime."
What is pathos?
100
The commercial appeals to young women because they are using a hunky stud as their actor.
What is Audience?
100
My love is like a red, red rose.
What is simile?
100
A work that functions on a symbolic level. It is a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
What is allegory?
100
The name of Mrs. Bernhardt's dog.
What is Maximus Decimus Meridius?
200
"As a doctor, I am qualified to tell you that this course of treatment will likely generate the best results."
What is ethos?
200
“And the trees all died. They were orange trees. I don’t know why they died, they just died..." The use of the repeated word "died" emphasizes the depressing, gloomy mood of the text.
What is diction?
200
"Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation."
What is allusion?
200
Words that are understood in specific fields.
What is jargon?
200
When is the AP Language and Composition test?
What is May 13th?
300
"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."
What is logos?
300
State Farm, in this commercial, is trying to get parents to buy insurance from them.
What is purpose?
300
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness..."
What is antithesis?
300
The manner in which a writer combines and arranges words, shapes ideas, and utilizes syntax and structure.
What is style?
300
Mrs. Bernhardt's cat, Boyd Krauter, is named after a character in what show?
What is Justified?
400
"He is a forensics and ballistics expert for the federal government – if anyone’s qualified to determine the murder weapon, it’s him."
What is ethos?
400
“They left me alone and I lay in bed and read the papers awhile, the news from the front, and the list of dead officers with their decorations and then reached down and brought up the bottle of Cinzano...." This long sentence emphasizes the laziness of the character.
What is syntax?
400
"Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo."
What is analogy?
400
The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and topical issues.
What is Satire?
400
The number of AP level classes that you can take (in the U.S).
What is 37?
500
"Private demand for the product has tapered off for the past three years, and this year’s sales figures are at an all-time low. It’s time to research other options. If we don't, thousands of people could lose their jobs, what about their families?"
What is logos and pathos?
500
The speech was given during the civil rights era when segregation was common practice.
What is occasion?
500
"All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players;they have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts..."
What is symbolism?
500
How the author wants the reader to feel. The atmosphere of the situation/text.
What is mood?
500
Batman's first appearance.
What is May 1939?