AP Language and Composition Semester 1 Review
Semester 1 Comprehensive Review
1. Rhetoric is the art that humans use to process all the messages we tell and receive.
2. A. Pathos: the appeal to emotions, values, hopes, and fears. We all must help out in our own ways to save the starving puppies in the poor countries of Africa.
B. Ethos: the appeal to the authority of the speaker. I can personally approve this information as the world’s leading expert of the cricket.
C. Logos: the appeal to logic, leading the reader to a predefined thought. Since we know that sound is in fact a wave traveling through particles and that space is a vacuum (absence of any matter) we can conclude that there is no sound in space.
3. The rhetorical triangle is a system that explains what is being told, who it is being told to, and by whom. It is helpful to determine how exactly one should edit their text considering the factors of the presentation. The parts of the triangle include the text or message being given, the reader of the message, and the writer of the message.
4. A. Go see the Statue of Liberty. Declarative
B. If you were to climb to the top of the statue, then you could share in the breathtaking feeling experienced by many hopeful immigrants. Conditional
C. For over a century, it has greeted immigrants and visitors to America. Imperative
D. Did you know the Statue of Liberty is made of copper and stands over 150 feet tall? Interrogative
E. The Statue of Liberty is amazing! Exclamatory
5. Satire is literary work where vices, follies, stupidities are ridiculed and mocked. Some important elements to include in a satirical piece of text include irony, hyperbole, wit, and humor.
6. A. You are so stupid your argument couldn’t possibly be true. Ad Hominem
B. You owe me big time because I really stuck my neck out for you. Begging the Question
C.I am a good worker because Frank says so. Erroneous Appeal to Authority
D.I know I forgot to deposit the check into the bank yesterday, But, nothing I do pleases
1. Rhetoric is the art that humans use to process all the messages we tell and receive.
2. A. Pathos: the appeal to emotions, values, hopes, and fears. We all must help out in our own ways to save the starving puppies in the poor countries of Africa.
B. Ethos: the appeal to the authority of the speaker. I can personally approve this information as the world’s leading expert of the cricket.
C. Logos: the appeal to logic, leading the reader to a predefined thought. Since we know that sound is in fact a wave traveling through particles and that space is a vacuum (absence of any matter) we can conclude that there is no sound in space.
3. The rhetorical triangle is a system that explains what is being told, who it is being told to, and by whom. It is helpful to determine how exactly one should edit their text considering the factors of the presentation. The parts of the triangle include the text or message being given, the reader of the message, and the writer of the message.
4. A. Go see the Statue of Liberty. Declarative
B. If you were to climb to the top of the statue, then you could share in the breathtaking feeling experienced by many hopeful immigrants. Conditional
C. For over a century, it has greeted immigrants and visitors to America. Imperative
D. Did you know the Statue of Liberty is made of copper and stands over 150 feet tall? Interrogative
E. The Statue of Liberty is amazing! Exclamatory
5. Satire is literary work where vices, follies, stupidities are ridiculed and mocked. Some important elements to include in a satirical piece of text include irony, hyperbole, wit, and humor.
6. A. You are so stupid your argument couldn’t possibly be true. Ad Hominem
B. You owe me big time because I really stuck my neck out for you. Begging the Question
C.I am a good worker because Frank says so. Erroneous Appeal to Authority
D.I know I forgot to deposit the check into the bank yesterday, But, nothing I do pleases