AP Multiple Choice Terms to Know

The context and circumstances surrounding a communicative act, encompassing the writer, audience, purpose, and setting of a piece of communication

• Rhetorical Situation

• Exigence

• Underscore

• Synthesis

The rhetorical situation or the circumstances that prompt a writer to create a text.

• Rhetorical Situation

• Exigence

• Juxtaposition

• Synthesis

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

• Rhetorical Situation

• Exigence

• Juxtaposition

• Synthesis

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Language used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary.

• Exigence

• Juxtaposition

• Colloquial

• Synthesis

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

A direct comparison between two unlike things

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Juxtaposition

• Colloquialism

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

An indirect comparison between two unlike things

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Analogy

• Juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Analogy

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

A personal story

• Colloquialism

• Juxtaposition

• Metaphor

• Anecdote

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A synonym for emphasizes

• Underscore

• Describes

• Defines

• Exacerbates

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The rhetorical appeal to an expert with credibility

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5