AP Language Exam Review

A writer's motivation or catalyst for an argument is the

What provides information for an argument, with some degree of reliability and credibility?

A speaker who understands his audience will

These tools assist with coherence among paragraphs, sentences, or sections by demonstrating relationships among ideas.

The speaker's attitude toward his or her subject or audience is

Which choice involves using evidence to show that an opposing position or claim is not valid?

Which method of development is a structural device that poses actions and reactions. (If-Then Sentences/Format)

Writers use comparisons such as similes or metaphors to help their audience relate to their argument.

Which method of development incorporates a reference to history or literature?

Which of the following is an appeal to pathos?

A writer who tells a story in an essay is using which method of development?

In a rhetorical analysis essay prompt, the term "rhetorical choices" refers to

Which method of development emphasizes sensory details, like sight or sound, to support a claim?

The main claim that the speaker defends and proves in an argument is the

In an academic argument, a claim is

Which method of development is a structural device that uses similarities in characteristics (or differences)

Which method of development incorporates a series of examples to make an argument more concrete?