Duplicate of AP Language & Composition Terms

Writer's attitude toward his subject matter revealed through diction, and organization.

Language or dialect of a particular country-everyday language from that region

A recurring idea, symbol, theme in a piece of literature OR nonfiction

Which is NOT a quality of a "lead distractor" (a good answer that's wrong) on the multiple choice

A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word

Which should you NOT use as evidence in the FRQ3 argument?

Question not asked for information but for effect.

your choices/devices are the

Which is NOT important when you read the info in the prompt?

Your rhetorical analysis essay should

Word choice, particularly as an element of style (the one you NEVER use without an adjective in front of it!)

Should you paraphrase or quote?

Using persuasion to convince audience with the credibility of the author.

For the FRQ1 (synthesis), how many sources do you have to cite?

which is the most effective transition?

The literal, explicit meaning of a word, without its connotations.

For the FRQ1 synthesis, whart should your citation of sources look like?

A long, emotionally violent, attack using strong, abusive language.

Reference to something outside of the text with which the reader is supposed to be familiar (History, Bible, literature

The word phrase clause referred to by a pronoun (Or the thing that comes before something; the ant to 2nd period of 1st)

It is imperative to at least write a short conclusion on the essays.

Using a verb to modify 2 or more words in a sentence. "John & his license expired last week" "I lost my keys & my life"

When you say something and mean the opposite/something different.

The art of effective and persuasive communication.

Two opposite or contrasting words, phrases, or clauses, or even ideas, with parallel structure.

When are you finished with the FRQ section?

The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words

The most effective way to Organize your essay is

your claims/ topic sentences are the

A less offensive substitute for generally unpleasant words or concepts.

Same words used 2xin succession but the 2nd time order of the words reversed (Fear is no good, but it's good to fear.)

When the audience of a drama, movie, story knows something that the character doesn't.

Story in which characters, things, and events symbolically represent qualities or concepts.

A terse statement which expresses a general truth or moral principle.

An exaggerated imitation of a serious work or person for humorous purposes.

Ordinary or familiar type of conversation.

Your analysis/commentary is the

What are you going to score on your 3 essays

Why study old speeches?

Which is NOT a defensible thesis

The atmosphere created by the literature and accomplished through word choice (diction/syntax).

Argument thesis statement may be open or closed.

Persuading by appealing to the reader's emotions.

Term describing prose or poetry teaching a lesson, moral or provides a model of behavior

A brief recounting of a relevant episode as a way of developing a point or injecting humor.

A comparison including extreme exaggeration

A concrete object, actions, character...representing abstract ideas or emotions.

The central idea or message of a work. May be directly stated in nonfiction works; not fiction.

Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row.

Vivid description that appeals to reader's five senses.

A common, often used expression that doesn’t make sense if you take it literally (She flipped her lid)

regarding outlines

The ironic minimizing of fact, this presents something as less significant than it is.

Sentences that states an idea. It doesn't give a command or request, nor does it ask a question

It's necessary on the exam to write at least a 3-sentence introduction

A seemingly contradictory situation which is actually true.

When an author gives hints about what will occur later in fiction or nonfiction

which is One of the types of leafd distractors on multiple choice?

Literary work holding up human behaviors & foolishness to ridicule/scorn

Sentence construction repeating equal grammatical constructions

Which does NOT belong in your argument (Q3) essay?

Implied meaning rather than literal meaning of a word.

Placing things side by side for the purposes of cobreast.

Which is something you should do for the FRQ3 argument thesis?

Persuading by the use of reasoning, using true premises and valid arguments.

Figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction