AP English Language and Composition Rhetoric Quiz

What is rhetoric according to Aristotle?

• The art of writing effectively

• The faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion

• The study of language and syntax

• The method of logical reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.SL.11-12.3

What does the term "ethos" refer to in rhetorical situations?

• Appeals to logic and reason

• Appeals to emotions

• Appeals to the audience's trust in the speaker's character

• Appeals to the speaker's tone

Which rhetorical device involves the use of words with the same consonant sound close together?

• Archaic language

• Alliteration

• Pathos

• Logos

What is the primary mode of persuasion that appeals to reason and logic?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• Style

Tags

CCSS.SL.11-12.3

CCSS.W.11-12.1

What does the rhetorical situation include?

• Speaker, Purpose, Audience, Context, Exigence

• Tone, Style, Diction, Syntax

• Ethos, Pathos, Logos

• Archaic language, Alliteration, Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.SL.11-12.3

CCSS.W.11-12.1

Which term refers to the speaker's attitude toward the subject as revealed by their choice of language?

• Style

• Tone

• Ethos

• Logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.SL.11-12.3

What is the term for using language that reflects the way people actually speak?

• Connotation

• Colloquialism

• Jargon

• Ellipsis

Which term refers to the implied or contextualized meaning that underlies the main meaning of a word?

• Denotation

• Repetition

• Connotation

• Ellipsis

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What is the literal, dictionary definition of a word called?

• Connotation

• Ellipsis

• Denotation

• Jargon

What is the term for omitting some parts of a sentence to give the reader a chance to fill the gaps?

• Jargon

• Ellipsis

• Repetition

• Colloquialism