AP English Language and Composition, 2012 Semester Exam Review Sheet

Questions / Section / Review / Random-Comments
1-40 Multiple Choice / Critical Thinking
Multiple Choice / Multiple Choice Notes / You will read three passages that are from a previous AP Exam (speech, article, or essay excerpt).
40-73Multiple Choicewith
Rhetorical Devices and Concrete Language / RDs: The Overachievers, Geography of Bliss, Tuesdays with Morrie, Into the Wild, The Glass Castle,
Princess / Review your Rhetorical Device Guide & the terms from class.
(Use the website as a resource.) / The passages will be on the exam—you need only understand how the rhetorical devices are being utilized.
74-100 Multiple Choice / Unit 1-8 Vocabulary / Review Vocabulary Worksheets / Define vocabulary words on the attached sheet 
Timed Essay Question / Rhetorical Analysis Essay / Rhetorical Analysis Notes / Both are previously released AP Exam Questions; you will have 40 minutes to complete the rhetoricalanalysis essay.

Section II: Rhetorical Devices Define the following terms.

Abstract Language
Allegory
Alliteration
Allusion
Analogy
Analogous example-- means they serve the same function in different species but they evolved independently
Anaphora
Anecdote
Antithesis
Apostrophe
Aside
Asyndeton
Cacophony
Chiasmus
Climax
Concrete Language
Connotation
Denotation
Diction
Didactic
Epigraph
Epistrophe
Epithet
Expletive
Eponym
Ethos
Euphony
Farce
Figurative Language
Hyperbole
Imagery
Irony
Literal Language
Litotes
Logical Fallacy
Logos
Metaphor
Metonymy
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron
Paradox
Parallelism
Parody
Pathos
Pedantic
Personification
Polysyndeton
Pun
Rhetorical Question
Sarcasm
Simile
Stream of Consciousness
Synecdoche
Syntax
Tone
Understatement

Rhetorical Strategies: Record a short definition/component of each rhetorical strategy.

  1. Narrative
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  1. Cause & Effect—

  1. Description
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  1. Process Analysis—delineates the steps in a process (how to operate a car)

  1. Example
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  1. Argument—establishes a claim

  1. Compare and Contrast-compares and contrasts two ideas
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  1. Definition—determines the concrete explanation of a concept, item, etc.

Unit 1-6 Vocabulary: Define the following words—they will rear their beautiful faces. 

aegis (2)
affinity (4)
aficionado (5)
bellwether (1)
bilious (2)
bowdlerize (3)
bruited (6)
caterwaul (1)
chimerical (1)
claque (2)
cozen (3)
deracinate (2)
derring-do (4)
diaphanous (5)
dictum (6)
divination (4)
effete (1)
eleemosynary (2)
ensconce (6)
folderol (4)
foray (5)
gratis (3)
hidebound (1)
hoi polloi (4)
homily (5)
iconoclastic (6)
ineffable (4)
in media res (6)
insouciant (5)
interstice (3)
lachrymose (2)
lexicon (2)
lucubration (4)
macrocosm (3)
maladroit (6)
maudlin (6)
melee (2)
microcosm (2)
miniscule (2)
morass (1)
noisome (1)
obfuscate (2)
obloquy (4)
panache (5)
persiflage (3)
philippic (5)
poltroon (1)
portentous (6)
pragmatic (3)
proselyte (1)
quasi (1)
quid pro quo (6)
quizzical (3)
raillery (1)
rapacity (3)
sanguine (2)
saturnalian (6)
supine (1)
systemic (5)
virtuoso (3)
vicissitudes (5)
volte-face (4)
waggish (6)
Rhetorical Devices and Literature Sample

Overachievers and Rhetorical Devices

40. “On the surface, Julie seemed to have it all. A straight-A student without exception since sixth grade, she took a rigorous high school curriculum that had included eight Advanced Placement classes thus far. Walt Whitman High School’s most talented female distance runner since her freshman year, Julie had co-captained the varsity cross-country, indoor track, and outdoor track teams as a junior. School and local newspapers constantly heralded her athletic accomplishments. An aspiring triathlete, Julie was president and co-founder of the Hiking Vikings Club (named for Whitman’s mascot), a yoga fanatic, a member of the Spanish Honors Society, and a big buddy to a child at a homeless shelter” (Robbins 1). This paragraph typifies the following rhetorical strategy.

  1. narrative b. compare/contrast c. description d. argument e. cause & effect