AP Rhetorical

These are the means to persuade an audience in an argument: through logic (logos), emotion (pathos), and ethics (credibility).

• tone

• appeals

• diction

• rhetorical choices

What are some strategies/devices that you could write about regardless of the text you encounter on exam day?

• Use of famous examples, imagery, use of unusual syntax

• Allusion, juxtaposition, plain folks appeal

• Figurative language, symbolism, comparisons

• Contrast, emphasis, diction, appeals, organizational format

What 3 things must you do to score a 1 in Row A of the thesis?

• Identify the writer’s idea noun and message

• Create a one sentence thesis statement that answers the question in a 2.4 format

• Respond to the prompt, have a defensible thesis that contains a claim, identify at least 2 rhetorical choices the writer makes

• Restate the prompt, summarize the text, provide a concluding statement

What is literally meant by a “rhetorical analysis” essay?

• Read and annotate a persuasive text

• Breaking an effective persuasive text into parts

• Being able to identify rhetorical strategies

• Creating a 2.4 essay to analyze the writer’s theme

Word choice.

• DICTION

• REPETITION

• PERSONIFICATION

• METAPHOR

A reference to a person, event, or place in history, religious texts, or literature.

• REPETITION

• ALLUSION

• DICTION

• ANECDOTE

The comparison of two or more unlike things. - equates

• REPETITION

• METAPHOR

• DICTION

• SIMILE

A comparison of two or more unlike things using a comparative word such as "like" or "as."

• REPETITION

• METAPHOR

• DICTION

• SIMILE

The act of giving human attributes to inanimate objects.

• PERSONIFICATION

• ANECDOTE

• METAPHOR

• DICTION

"John told the children about World War I," said the narrator.

• REPETITION

• ALLUSION

• METAPHOR

• IMAGERY