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WorksheetsAP Lang Semester 1 Final Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 40mins
What is a counter Argument?
The opposing side's opinion.
The author's opinion.
A clear, marble counter top.
A third party's opinion.
The claim is where the writer
will answer an opposing view
show how intelligent they are
tells the point they are trying to prove
tears down an opposing view
How do you strengthen your claim?
Provide evidence from credible sources
Argue
Add in other essays
What is the "tone" of a text?
The feeling the passage evokes from the reader
The author, narrator, or speaker's attitude toward a subject
The time and place of the story
The summary of events in the story
My old computer kept running out of batteries. My new one is superior.
A. Sam was mortified when he was called to come up onstage during the assembly.
B. Sam was embarrassed when he was called to come up onstage during the assembly.
Which of the following is the time, place, or occasion when the text was written and/or shared with the audience?
Exigence
Context
Message
Purpose
What is the ORANGE underlined portion of the prompt?
Exigence
Context
Message
Purpose
If you are talking with a close friend, are you more likely to be cordial or candid with them? Explain
To ______ is to grow and spread, not in a good way. When a cut gets infected it starts to ______ and smell bad. Emotional wounds stink too, like when you hold on to anger or pain until it starts to ______ and explodes.
fester
genteel
implode
pompous
The soldier was put in a precarious situation that lead him to think about his life.
What does precarious mean?
characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
fraught with danger
serving for wages in a foreign army
showing lack of favoritism
If you are excessively enthusiastic, you could be considered:
insidious, overzealous, overrated, fraudulent
(a)
rebuff means:
an unexpected slide
an instance of change
a deceptive maneuver
to reject or snub
In other words, we should have a normal debate, on equal footing, where arguments could be tested against their rebuttals.
In this sentence, rebuttals means:
duplicates
certainties
proponents
refutations
If you deliberately use a fake issue to argue against because it's easier to prove wrong than the real issue would be, you're using a __________.
straw man argument
post hoc ergo propter hoc
ad hominem
bandwagon appeal
Which of these would be a red herring?
a terrible joke that nobody finds funny
a piece of advice that you refuse to follow
a clue that leads a detective in the wrong direction
If you're debating labor laws and you criticize your opponent's extra-marital affair instead of engaging his ideas, that's what type of fallacy?
red herring
ad hominem
post ergo propter ergo hoc
bandwagon appeal
induction means:
excessive intolerance of opposing views
reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
failure to fulfill a promise or obligation
lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications
What kind of logical fallacy is shown below?
Billy - "An apple is a vegetable." Bobby - "Don't listen to Billy; he failed Spanish class last year. "
ad hominem
either/or
red herring
bandwagon appeal
Changing the meaning of the word mid-argument.
Equivocation
Circular Reasoning
Appeal to the People
Red Herring
refutation means:
a pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines
any information or event that acts to arouse action
the topic that someone has authority to deal with
evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something
An apple is a fruit. All fruit is good. Therefore apples are good.
What is this an example of?
gnome
syllogism
deterrent
regimen
Which of these is a type of logical fallacy?
a dramatic monologue
a circular argument
an extended metaphor
a declarative sentence
quantitative means:
formidable
measurable
acceptable
inevitable
A _____________ is a situation or ideas in opposition to one another. Declaring publicly that you are an environmentalist but never remembering to take out the recycling is an example of a _____________.
anaphora
contradiction
simile
metaphor
statement
A predictable remark or common expression.
cliché
saying
statement
syllogism
Aristotle said rhetoric is the ability to see the available means of persuasion.
A. True
B. False
The time and place a speech is given or a piece is written.
In the case of Gehrig’s speech, it is Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day. More specifically, his moment comes at home plate between games of a doubleheader.
context
occasion
purpose
subject
Greek for “mask.” The face or character that a speaker shows to his or her audience.
Lou Gehrig is a famous baseball hero, but in his speech he presents himself as a common man who is modest and thankful for the opportunities he’s had.
ethos
pathos
persona
speaker
The problem, incident, or situation causing the speaker to create the text. The “spark”.
Occasion
Exigence
Audience
Constraints
"Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country," is an example of what?
juxtaposition
implication
straw man
synthesis
