Ap Language Terms Quiz 4 (30 MCQs)

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1. When the opposite of what you expect to happen, happens.
2. Giving human-like qualities to something that is not human.
3. Word choice, particularly as an element of style.
4. A question that is asked, but the audience isn't intended to answer it is called
5. A newspaper article shows a histogram displaying the average life expectancy of a certain region. Which rhetorical appeal did they use?
6. What is Allusion?
7. Fallacious
8. Alter-ego
9. Example: "You have to take the bitter with the sweet."
10. Using words such as like or as to make a direct comparison between two different things.
11. Her voice was clear as a bell is an example of
12. "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."
13. Using the same word, phrase, or idea over and over again.
14. Which is NOT a good way to start an introduction
15. Evidence that is a well-known saying, as if it is proven or has no exceptions
16. A literary, historical, religious, or mythological reference. For example, one might contrast the life and tribulations of Fredrick Douglass to the trials of Job.
17. ..... is sentence structure which places equal grammatical constructions near each other, or repeats identical grammatical patterns
18. Example: "Brunch is a combination of breakfast and lunch."
19. A comparison between two seemingly dissimilar things. Often, this uses something familiar to explain something unfamiliar or complex.
20. How do you get a touchdown on the persuasive AP essay
21. Example: "It wasn't my best moment." (After an embarrassing event)
22. Example: "The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain."
23. What is the art of effective communication?
24. Writing that has an instructive purpose or lesson. It often has the connotation of being dry or pompous.
25. Example: "The wheels are already in motion to complete the project."
26. A technique of using language effectively and persuasively inspoken or written form.
27. Some of Aesop's fables are ..... in that they have an underlying moral or social message.
28. Question not asked for information but for the effect.
29. What is a Flashback?
30. The quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness.