Ap Language Terms Quiz 4 (30 MCQs)

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1. What is Allusion?
2. Example: "You have to take the bitter with the sweet."
3. Using words such as like or as to make a direct comparison between two different things.
4. Her voice was clear as a bell is an example of
5. "The Birth-Mark", Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story, ..... the Greek myth of Pygmalion when Aylmer exclaims, "Even Pygmalion, when his sculptured woman assumed life, felt not greater ecstasy than mine will be."
6. Using the same word, phrase, or idea over and over again.
7. Which is NOT a good way to start an introduction
8. Evidence that is a well-known saying, as if it is proven or has no exceptions
9. A literary, historical, religious, or mythological reference. For example, one might contrast the life and tribulations of Fredrick Douglass to the trials of Job.
10. ..... is sentence structure which places equal grammatical constructions near each other, or repeats identical grammatical patterns
11. Example: "Brunch is a combination of breakfast and lunch."
12. A comparison between two seemingly dissimilar things. Often, this uses something familiar to explain something unfamiliar or complex.
13. How do you get a touchdown on the persuasive AP essay
14. Example: "It wasn't my best moment." (After an embarrassing event)
15. Example: "The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain."
16. What is the art of effective communication?
17. Writing that has an instructive purpose or lesson. It often has the connotation of being dry or pompous.
18. Example: "The wheels are already in motion to complete the project."
19. A technique of using language effectively and persuasively inspoken or written form.
20. Some of Aesop's fables are ..... in that they have an underlying moral or social message.
21. Question not asked for information but for the effect.
22. What is a Flashback?
23. The quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness.
24. A purpose term for arguing against something
25. The appeal to logic, to appeal to the audiences' sense of reason or logic is the definition of
26. A writer's attitude toward his subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization.
27. What is Pathetic Fallacy?
28. Example: "He's not the sharpest tool in the shed."
29. What is Anastrope?
30. What provokes the speaker to write/speak?