AP English Language

The appeal to ethics is also called 

• pathos

• ethos

• logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which of the following would be a technique that implements logos?

• Using pictures of a hurt child

• Including research 

• Having someone credible who agrees with you

• Making people laugh

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

You know me - I've taught Sunday School at your church for years, babysat your children, and served as a playground director for many summers.

• Ethos 

• Pathos

• Logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

When you look up a word in the dictionary, you find its______.

• connotation

• denotation

• acronym

• homonym

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

Refers to the feelings and associations created by a word.

• synonym

• denotation

• connotation

• acronym

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

Read the sentence below. What is the denotation of the word superior?
My old computer kept running out of batteries. My new one is superior.

• better

• worse

• positive

• negative

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

Read the sentences. What is the difference between the words mortified and embarrassed?
Sam was mortified when he was called to come up onstage during the assembly.
Sam was embarrassed when he was called to come up onstage during the assembly.

• Mortified is the antonym of embarrassed.

• Embarrassed is more intense and has more negative connotation than mortified.

• Mortified is more intense and has a more negative connotation than embarrassed.

• Mortified and embarrassed have different denotations.

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

What is the following an example of? He might consider paying the higher fees at a private university if the teacher/student ratio is small, the teachers are highly qualified, and the job placement rate is high.

• polysyndeton

• asyndeton

• loose sentence

• periodic sentence

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which essays can you use personal examples and pronouns on?

• Synthesis (FRQ 1)

• Rhetorical Analysis (FRQ 2)

• Argument (FRQ 3)

• None

Which essays can you use second-person pronouns (you, your) on?

• Synthesis (FRQ 1)

• Rhetorical Analysis (FRQ 2)

• Argument (FRQ 3)

• None