Duplicate of AP Language & Composition Terms

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

Persuading by appealing to the reader's emotions.

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

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

your choices/devices are the

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

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

The most effective way to Organize your essay is

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

A seemingly contradictory situation which is actually true.

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

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

Question not asked for information but for effect.

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

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

What are you going to score on your 3 essays

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

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

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

When are you finished with the FRQ section?

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

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

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

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

Your rhetorical analysis essay should

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

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

Placing things side by side for the purposes of cobreast.

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

Should you paraphrase or quote?

A comparison including extreme exaggeration

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

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

Your analysis/commentary is the

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

Argument thesis statement may be open or closed.

Why study old speeches?

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

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

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

Ordinary or familiar type of conversation.

regarding outlines

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

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

Implied meaning rather than literal meaning of a word.

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

A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word

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

which is the most effective transition?

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

The art of effective and persuasive communication.

A less offensive substitute for generally unpleasant words or concepts.

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

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

Which is NOT a defensible thesis

your claims/ topic sentences are the

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

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

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

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

Sentence construction repeating equal grammatical constructions

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

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

Figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction

Vivid description that appeals to reader's five senses.

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