AP English Language Vocabulary

"I gave you my heart" is an example of

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Metonymy

• Style

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

"A silky voice" is an example of

• Metaphor

• Anecdote

• Metonymy

• Imagery

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

The difference between metaphors and metonymy is

• metaphors use two things that are associated, while metonymy uses two things that are alike in quality

• metonymy uses two things that are associated, while metaphors uses two things that are alike in quality

• metaphors uses two things that are associated, while metonymy uses two things that are unalike in quality

• metonymy uses two things that are associated, while metonymy uses two things that are unalike like in outcomes

• is metaphors uses two things that are associated, while metonymy uses two things that are alike in outcomes

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

The examples "Only batman fights crime" and "Batman only fights crime" differ in

• Figurative language, syntax

• rhetorical devices, semantics

• semantics, synecdoche

• Imagery, figurative language

• syntax, sematics

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Cynical means

• approving

• assuming self-interest in people's actions

• whimsical

• Distrusting of nature

• Excessively complicated in style

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

"His ears perked up when he heard his name" is an example of metonymy because

• Ears are associated with hearing

• Names are usually auditory

• His ears physically moved

• He didn't actually hear his name

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

"An impassioned plea" is a(n)

• Tepid letter

• A modest proposal

• Disinterested appeal

• Emotional request

• Tentative ask

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

An example of an "ad hominem" argument is

• Quoting an astrophysicist in matters about space

• Saying someone is too uneducated to know anything about astrophysics

• Quoting an astrophysicist in matters about literature

• Describing an inappropriate cause and effect chain that catastrophizes events

• Making someone feel guilty through the use an anecdote

Ethos can include arguments from

• Authority

• Trustworthiness

• Similarity

• Expertise

• Cause and effect

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Ethos can include

• a mayoral candidate describing her modest upbringing to demonstrate commonality with the average American voter

• Conveying that the speaker is impartial to convinving the audience

• Eliciting anger or excitement from the audience

• Demonstrating the speakers credentials, education, and professional specialty are relevant to opinions on a topic

• Quoting facticious characters

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5