AP Rhetorical Analysis Review

When writing a rhetorical analysis essay, you should use which kind of thesis statement?

• counter-argumentative

• power-slot

• indefinite

• loose

A thesis statement that does not list all the points the writer intends to cover

• closed thesis

• open thesis

• counter-argument thesis

• mid-term thesis

Which examples are types of first-hand evidence?

• current events reported by a journalist

• personal experience

• statistical reports

• diary entry

What is evidence that is accessed through research, reading, and investigation?

• first-hand

• second-hand

• third-hand

Which types of evidence are NOT CONSIDERED second-hand?

• historical information

• personal experience

• research data

• expert opinion

The arrangement of text to show logical relationships between ideas...

• claims of value

• patterns of organization

• deduction

• patterns of optimization

Pattern of organization that shows how things are arranged in physical space

• spatial organization

• chronological organization

• topical organization

• comparison/contrast organization

This pattern of organization involves a step-by-step progression, like a recipe.

• spatial

• chronological

• topical

• sequential

repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, and lines

• antithesis

• anaphora

• allegory

• antimetabole

An author's word choice is also called...

• prose

• syntax

• diction

• allusion