AP Language Terms 1-4

What provokes the speaker to write/speak?

• exigence

• purpose

• audience

• message

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

usually the last sentence of the introduction

• attention getter

• thesis

• evidence

• transition

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

Which is NOT a good way to start an introduction

• anecdote

• question

• statistics

• thesis

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

solemnity

• loneliness

• hatred

• sadness

• happiness

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A purpose term for arguing against something

• rebut

• establish

• promote

• qualify

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

opposite of modesty

• humility

• bragging

• silence

• originality

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

juxtaposition of disparate elements

• separating different things

• putting similar things next to each other

• putting different things next to each other

• separating similar things

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

ascertain

• verify

• question

• state

• disprove

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

mimicry

• happiness

• sadness

• silence

• imitation

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

relentless

• without letting up

• without regret

• without feeling

• without talking

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4