AP English Lang. Prep

Making a statement that assumes the very question being argued has already been proven.

It is okay to use logical fallacies in an essay.

A _____ is one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.

Appealing to the commonly held prejudices of the people.

Language: "The mild-eyed melancholy Lotos-eaters came."

Orwell: "War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength."

Drawing conclusions on the basis of only a few experiences or encounters.

 An attack on a view similar to but not the same as the one an opponent holds.

Loretta Young said, "Love isn't something you find. Love is something that finds you." 

a comparison between something abstract and something more concrete or easier to visualize.

language: "ever since that time you went away/I've been a rabbit burrowed in the wood"

Identify the device being used:“No man is an island.”(John Donne, “Meditation 17”)

bolsters claims, citing a single authority-there may be disagreement or unqualified authority.

Identify the term/device:The atmosphere of a work ofliterature; the emotion created by the work

Suggests that because one event follows another - the 1st event must be the cause of the 2nd.

Syntax: "Cannon to the right of them, cannon to the left of them, cannon in front of them"

Which is not a term typically associated with satire?

“Not that I loved Caesar less,but that I loved Rome more.”(Shakespeare, Julius Caesar)

Identify the literary device/term: Writing categorized as that which “explains.”

_____ is crafting sentences so items are placed in comparable grammatical structures

Identify the device being used:“My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose”(title of a poem by R. Burns)

rhet. mode: to convince the reader of something by making a strong claim and providing evidence

Suggests that only two alternatives exist,although there may be other explanations. 

language: "..an insomniac rain had been falling since the beginning of the 16th century"

A rhetorical precis consists of...

The voice assumed by the writer.  Not necessarily the author (but it can be).

author’s attitude toward the subject or characters of a story or poem, or toward the reader.

A short story that may relate to the audience is an example of

imagery:"the sun springs down on the rough and tumble town. It runs through the hedge."

Identify the literary device/term:The explicit, literal meaning of a word.

A statistic appeals to...

Device: “And all men kill the thing they love” (Oscar Wilde, “The Ballad of Reading Gaol”)

Identify the device being used:Saying “ethnic cleansing” instead of "genocide"

The following are examples:–Wise fool–New antiques–Hot ice

Identify the device being used:“Heard melodies are sweet.”(John Keats, “Ode on a Grecian Urn”)

Making a statement that assumes the very question being argued has already been proven.

What is the code for a syllogism?