AP Lang MCQ

What is purpose?

• why the speaker is conveying a message

• who the writer is speaking to

• the circumstances surrounding the situation

• who is doing the writing

What is audience?

• who the writer is speaking to

• the circumstances surrounding the situation

• who is doing the writing

• what the writer says

What is context?

• circumstances surrounding the situation

• who is doing the writing

• what the writer says

• specific occasion/event that prompted the message to be delivered

What is the writer?

• who is doing the writing

• what the writer says

• the specific occasion/event that prompts the message to be created

• why the speaker is conveying the message

What is the message?

• what the writer says about a subject

• the specific occasion/even that prompted the creation of the message

• why the speaker is conveying a message

• who the writer is speaking to

Which is not a synonym for thesis statement?

• main idea

• conclusion

• controlling idea

• topic sentence

Define evidence.

• an assertion of the truth of something

• the facts, examples, or sources used to support a claim

• a justification for why your position is the better position

• a set of reasons used in order to reach a conclusion

• ethos, pathos, and logos

Define line of reasoning (in AP LANG).

• an assertion of the truth of something

• the facts, examples, or sources used to support a claim

• a justification for why your position is the better position

• a set of reasons used in order to reach a conclusion

• ethos, pathos, and logos

What are the rhetorical appeals?

• an assertion of the truth of something

• the facts, examples, or sources used to support a claim

• a justification for why your position is the better position

• a set of reasons used in order to reach a conclusion

• ethos, pathos, and logos

Define pathos.

• appeal to authority

• appeal to emotions

• appeal to logic