Ap Language Terms Quiz 5 (30 MCQs)

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1. A purpose term for arguing against something
2. The appeal to logic, to appeal to the audiences' sense of reason or logic is the definition of
3. A writer's attitude toward his subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization.
4. Pretext
5. What is Pathetic Fallacy?
6. Example: "He's not the sharpest tool in the shed."
7. What is Anastrope?
8. What provokes the speaker to write/speak?
9. A rhetorical appeal that convinces the audience that the writer is credible.
10. Relentless
11. Example: "I came, I saw, I conquered."
12. Example: "The pen is mightier than the sword."
13. Solemnity
14. "Some see the idea of a museum for rock & roll as ..... to the music's rebellious ethics."
15. Making your claim more specific, adding more to your thesis or claim to narrow down your argument is a definition of
16. When the plot of a book, story, or movie is ironic. Sometimes it might make you laugh because it's funny how things turn out.
17. Example: "She had a photographic memory but never developed it."
18. The goal the author wants to achieve.
19. A 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter, usually divided into three quatrains and a couplet
20. Example: "Every day, every night, in every way, I am getting better and better."
21. Poetic devices include
22. A device used in poetry to manipulate the sound of words is .....
23. The reason someone decides to write about a specific topic with the intention of communicating to a specific audience.
24. What is style in writing?
25. How should you begin a conclusion?
26. An acknowledgement that part of another person's argument may be true or reasonable.
27. When the last word of two different lines of poetry rhyme
28. "Who's ready to party?" is an example of
29. Generally bitter comment that is ironically or satirically worded
30. An aphorism is a terse term which expresses a general truth or moral principle