AP English

What is this an example of?

students in a class, viewer of a TV show, member of a crowd during a speech, a potential voter watching a campaign ad

• Exigence

• Context

• Speaker

• Audience

• Purpose

What is this an example of?

• Exigence

• Context

• Speaker

• Audience

• Purpose

a unique voice with values and beliefs

• purpose

• audience

• speaker

• exigence

The problem, incident, or situation causing the speaker to create the text. The “spark”.

• Occasion

• Exigence

• Audience

• Constraints

TRUE or FALSE: A speaker/writer's PURPOSE is the end game, the goal, the thing that he/she wants to accomplish with words.

• TRUE

• FALSE

this this the spark or tipping point that causes the speaker to craft the message

• purpose

• audience

• rhetorical situation

• exigence

What is the definition of the word 'Allegory'?

• A written symbol or character representing a speech sound and being a part of an alphabet.

• A poem, play, picture, etc, in which the apparent meaning of the characters and events is used to symbolize a deeper moral or spiritual meaning.

• An event, circumstance, etc, that happens before another.

• A terse saying embodying a general truth or astute observation, as 'Art is long, life is short.'

What is the definition of the word 'Couplet'?

• A unit of verse consisting of two successive lines, usually rhyming and having the same meter and often forming a complete thought or syntactic unit.

• A written symbol or character representing a speech sound and being a part of an alphabet.

• A contrast in storytelling, as in a play or novel, between what a character believes is true, as revealed by dialogue or action, and what the audience or reader knows is true.

• A drama, such as a play, film, or television program, characterized by exaggerated emotions, stereotypical characters, and interpersonal conflicts.

What is the definition of the term 'Dramatic Irony'?

• A pleasing sound, especially in speech.

• To present an indication or a suggestion of beforehand.

• A contrast in storytelling, as in a play or novel, between what a character believes is true, as revealed by dialogue or action, and what the audience or reader knows is true.

• A drama, such as a play, film, or television program, characterized by exaggerated emotions, stereotypical characters, and interpersonal conflicts.

What is the definition of the term 'Theme'?

• (in literature, music, art, etc) A unifying idea, image, or motif, repeated or developed throughout a work.

• A pleasing sound, especially in speech.

• A poem, play, picture, etc, in which the apparent meaning of the characters and events is used to symbolize a deeper moral or spiritual meaning.

• An event, circumstance, etc, that happens before another.