AP Language and Composition Terms Quiz

What is an appeal to credibility or character?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• Rhetorical Question

Which rhetorical strategy appeals to emotion?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• Allusion

What is an appeal to logic or reason?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• Anecdote

What is a question asked for effect, not for an answer?

• Rhetorical Question

• Allusion

• Imagery

• Tone

What is a reference to another text, event, or figure?

• Allusion

• Anecdote

• Imagery

• Diction

What is a short, personal story used to illustrate a point?

• Anecdote

• Imagery

• Tone

• Syntax

What is descriptive language that appeals to the senses?

• Imagery

• Tone

• Diction

• Repetition

What is the author's attitude toward the subject?

• Tone

• Diction

• Syntax

• Analogy

What is word choice?

• Diction

• Syntax

• Repetition

• Analogy

What is sentence structure?

• Syntax

• Repetition

• Analogy

• Juxtaposition