AP English Concepts

As used in this class, rhetoric most fully means

• asking a question but not expecting a response

• speaking

• the art of persuasive speaking and writing

• writing

The first S in SOAPSTone is concerned with

• speaker

• subject

• supposition

• standard

In SOAPSTone, this letter concerns itself with when and where the work is set/created.

• subject

• tone

• occasion

• purpose

In SOAPSTone, this topic discerns the attitude of the writer/narrator/speaker and/or piece itself.

• purpose

• tone

• speaker

• occasion

In SOAPSTone, this portion identifies the "why" of the piece. Why was this written/performed?

• occasion

• subject

• tone

• purpose

The main concern of this segment of SOAPSTone deals with primary and secondary categories as well as information about the people within those categories, including, but not limited to, gender, race, socio-economic status, culture, religion, belief systems, etc.

• audience

• purpose

• speaker

• subject

The topic is the star in this segment of SOAPSTone. What is the work about? What big ideas does it feature?

• subject

• purpose

• tone

• occasion

AP LANG Exam Vocabulary: the way sentences are formed; sentence structure

• appeals

• syntax

• diction

• attitude

AP LANG Exam Vocabulary: includes ethos, pathos, and logos (among others)

• purpose

• context

• attitude

• appeals

AP LANG Exam Vocabulary: word choice

• syntax

• diction

• attitude

• purpose