AP English Language and Composition

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Ethos, Pathos, Logos
Ethos 1,
Pathos 2,
Logos 3
19  cards
Rhetorical Triangle
Rhetorical triangle 1,
A subject purpose is affected by ...,
The speaker is affected by the au...
29  cards
SOAPSTone
Sopstone 1,
Speaker 2,
Occasion 3
17  cards
Logical Fallacies I
Fallacies 1,
Why identify fallacies 2,
Types of fallacies 3
23  cards
Logical Fallacies II
Red herring 1,
Non disproof 2,
Ad hominem 3
24  cards
Inductive v Deductive
Inductive arguments 1,
Deductive arguments 2,
A text that presents evidence and...
12  cards
Need to Know Terminology I
Anecdote 1,
Allusions 2,
Antithesis 3
23  cards
Need to Know Terminology II
Figurative language 1,
Imagery 2,
Hyperbole 3
16  cards
Need to Know Terminology III
Juxtaposition 1,
Rhetorical questions 2,
Hypophora 3
19  cards
Need to Know Terminology IV
Irony 1,
Satire 2,
Persona 3
13  cards
How to Annotate a Text
Note 1,
X trusting your style 2,
X using double entry notes 3
11  cards
How and Why We Will Read Text
Note 1,
When analyzing a text begin with 2,
The second step to analyzing a te...
15  cards
Unit 1 Review
Which of the argumentative proofs...,
Which example shows information t...,
Which example shows information t...
10  cards
Unit 1 Exam
Why is it important to scrutinize...,
Why should a good argument use th...,
An argument about relaxing air po...
5  cards
Graduation by Maya Angelou
Purpose in reading 1,
Read graduation by maya angelou t...,
Read graduation by maya angelou t...
26  cards
"Graduation" - Discussion
Note 1,
Focus claims 2,
Narrative 3
19  cards
"Salvation" by Langston Hughes
Note 1,
Create a soapstone 2,
Create a soapstone 3
19  cards
"Salvation" - Discussion
Rhetorical verb 1,
Rhetorical verbs to use 2,
Soapstone 3
17  cards
"Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
Create a soapstone analysis of me...,
Create a soapstone analysis of me...,
Create a soapstone analysis of me...
26  cards
"Me Talk Pretty One Day" - Discussion
Soapstone 1,
Step 1 2,
Step 2 3
13  cards
Unit 2 Review
The author intentionally used thi...,
Which element of soapstone might ...,
The author ________ it was awful ...
10  cards
Unit 2 Exam
Which element of soapstone might ...,
Which element of soapstone might ...,
Which element of soapstone might ...
4  cards
"The Death of the Moth" by Virginia Wolf
Create a soapstone 1,
Create a soapstone 2,
Create a soapstone 3
20  cards
"The Death of the Moth" - Discussion
Juxtaposition 1,
Soapstone 2,
Create a claim 3
10  cards
"Listening" by Eudora Welty
Step 1 1,
Step 2 2,
Step 3 3
14  cards
"Listening" - Discussion
Focus tone 1,
Soapstone 2,
Tone diction example 3
14  cards
"The Stunt Pilot" by Annie Dillard
Step 1 1,
Step 2 2,
Step 3 3
11  cards
"The Stunt Pilot" - Discussion
Soapstone 1,
Focus using verbs correctly 2,
Choosing verbs 3
11  cards
"Once More to the Lake" by E.B. White
Step 1 1,
Step 2 2,
Step 3 3
11  cards
"Once More to the Lake" - Discussion
Soapstone 1,
Focus claim structures 2,
Structure 1 3
18  cards
Unit 3 Review
The author crafts metaphors to __...,
Choose the best way to start a cl...,
The author intentionally incorpor...
4  cards
Unit 3 Exam
Message author is trying to conve...,
Best way to start a claim 2,
The author flashes back __________ 3
3  cards
"On Keeping a Notebook" by Joan Didion
Step 1 1,
Step 2 2,
Step 3 3
11  cards
"On Keeping a Notebook" - Discussion
Soapstone 1,
Focus appeal to ethos 2,
How to appeal to ethos 3
12  cards
"Learning to Read and Write" by F. Douglass
Step 1 1,
Step 2 2,
Step 3 3
10  cards
"Learning to Read and Write" - Discussion
Soapstone 1,
Focus appeal to logos 2,
How to appeal to logos 3
16  cards
"Learning to Read" by Malcom X
Step 1 1,
Step 2 2,
Step 3 3
11  cards
"Learning to Read" - Discussion
Soapstone 1,
Focus appeal to pathos 2,
How to appeal to pathos 3
14  cards
"On Dumpster Diving" by Lars Eighner
Step 1 1,
Step 2 2,
Step 3 3
13  cards
"On Dumpster Diving" - Discussion
Soapstone 1,
Focus rhetorical analysis 2,
Argument 3
13  cards
Unit 4 Review
This reads like it s being direct...,
Note 2,
This passage seems to provide a v...
4  cards
Unit 4 Exam
Terms like drained motions bankru...,
Note 2
2  cards
"The Declaration of Independence" by Jefferson
Step 1 1,
Step 2 2,
Step 3 3
16  cards
"The Declaration of Independence" - Discussion
Soapstone 1,
Focus cataloging 2,
Step 1 3
8  cards
"The Inheritance of Tools" by Scott Russell Sanders
Step 1 1,
Step 2 2,
Step 3 3
11  cards
"The Inheritance of Tools" - Discussion
Soapstone 1,
Focus anecdotes 2,
Step 1 3
13  cards
"Aren't I a Woman?" by Sojourner Truth
Occasion 1,
Step 1 2,
Step 2 3
12  cards
"Aren't I a Woman?" - Discussion
Soapstone 1,
Focus rhetorical analysis address...,
Tips for addressing the opposition 3
10  cards
"Cars and Their Enemies" by James Q. Wilson
Step 1 1,
Step 2 2,
Step 3 3
8  cards
"Cars and Their Enemies" - Discussion
Soapstone 1,
Focus rhetorical analysis address...,
Step 1 3
9  cards
Unit 5 Review
Note 1
1  cards
Unit 5 Exam
Note 1,
This text incorporates the metaph...,
Claim the author uses an extended...
5  cards
"How to Tame a Wild Tongue" by Gloria Anzaldua
Step 1 1,
Step 2 2,
Step 3 3
7  cards
"How to Tame a Wild Tongue" - Discussion
Soapstone 1,
Focus tools for writing about sen...,
Step 1 3
9  cards
"On Being a Cripple" by Nancy Mairs
Step 1 1,
Step 2 2,
Step 3 3
7  cards
"On Being a Cripple" - Discussion
Soapstone 1,
Focus tools for writing about sen...,
Tips 3
9  cards
"On Being Black and Middle Class" by Steele
Step 1 1,
Step 2 2,
Step 3 3
6  cards
"On Being Black and Middle Class" - Discussion
Soapstone 1,
Focus tools for writing about sen...,
Step 1 3
7  cards
"Notes of a Native Speaker" by Eric Liu
Step 1 1,
Step 2 2,
Step 3 3
6  cards
"Notes of a Native Speaker" - Discussion
Soapstone 1,
Focus tools for writing arguments 2,
Step 1 3
7  cards
Unit 6 Review
The author goes into extreme deta...,
The author intentionally crafts t...
2  cards
Unit 6 Exam
This has a clear message 1,
You should take information from ...
2  cards
"The Ways We Lie" by Stephanie Ericsson
Step 1 1,
Step 2 2,
Step 3 3
6  cards
"The Ways We Lie" - Discussion
Soapstone 1,
Focus appealing to ethos logos an...,
Step 1 3
6  cards
"Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan
Step 1 1,
Step 2 2,
Step 3 3
8  cards
"Mother Tongue" - Discussion
Soapstone 1,
Focus appealing to ethos and logo...,
Step 1 3
6  cards
"I Just Wanna Be Average" by Mike Rose
Step 1 1,
Step 2 2,
Step 3 3
6  cards
"I Just Wanna Be Average" - Discussion
Soapstone 1,
Focus improving rhetorical analys...,
Step 1 3
7  cards
"There Is No Unmarked Woman" by Deborah Tannen
Step 1 1,
Step 2 2,
Step 3 3
6  cards
"There Is No Unmarked Woman" - Discussion
Soapstone 1,
Focus improving rhetorical analys...,
Step 1 3
7  cards
Mid-Term Review
As an educator for the past 17 ye...,
Relationship between the speaker ...,
He decides what activities we do ...
25  cards
Mid-Term Exam
Ethos logos and pathos are 1,
Which example shows information t...,
You either are with us or you re ...
7  cards
"The Allegory of the Cave" by Plato
Step 1 1,
Step 2 2,
Step 3 3
6  cards
"The Allegory of the Cave" - Discussion
Soapstone 1,
Focus writing techniques for good...,
Step 1 3
7  cards
"Where I Lived, and What I Lived For" by Thoreau
Step 1 1,
Step 2 2,
Step 3 3
6  cards
"Where I Lived, and What I Lived For" - Discussion
Soapstone 1,
Focus rhetorical analysis reminde...,
Tips for philosophical texts 3
9  cards
"Lost in the Kitchen" by Dave Barry
Step 1 1,
Step 2 2,
Step 3 3
7  cards
"Lost in the Kitchen" - Discussion
Soapstone 1,
Focus strengthening arguments 2,
Step 1 3
7  cards
"Aria: Memoir of a Bilignual Childhood" by R.R.
Step 1 1,
Step 2 2,
Step 3 3
6  cards
"Aria: Memoir to a Bilingual Childhood" - Discussion
Soapstone 1,
Focus authority structure can str...,
Step 1 3
7  cards
Unit 8 Review
Note plato 1,
Note 2 barry 2
2  cards
Unit 8 Exam
Note plato 1,
The last sentence makes it seem l...
2  cards
"Why Don't We Complain?" by William F. Buckley
Step 1 1,
Step 2 2,
Step 3 3
6  cards
"Why Don't We Complain?" - Discussion
Soapstone 1,
Focus cause and effect structure 2,
Step 1 3
7  cards
"The Morals of the Prince" by Niccolo Machiavelli
Step 1 1,
Step 2 2,
Step 3 3
6  cards
"The Morals of the Prince" - Discussion
Soapstone 1,
Focus ethos pathos logos appeals ...,
Step 1 3
7  cards
"Just Walk on By: Black Men and Public Space" by Brent Staples
Step 1 1,
Step 2 2,
Step 3 3
6  cards
"Just Walk on By" - Discussion
Soapstone 1,
Focus cataloging anecdotes to bui...,
Step 1 3
7  cards
"Television: The Plug-In Drug" by Marie Winn
Step 1 1,
Step 2 2,
Step 3 3
6  cards
"Television: The Plug-In Drug" - Discussion
Soapstone 1,
Focus addressing the counterargum...,
Step 1 3
7  cards
Unit 9 Review
Why don t we complain 1,
The morals of the prince 2,
Television the plug in drug 3
3  cards
Unit 9 Exam
Why don t we complain 1,
The morals of the prince 2,
Just walk on by 3
4  cards
"Letter From Birmingham Jail" by M. L. King Jr.
Step 1 1,
Step 2 2,
Step 3 3
7  cards
"Letter From Birmingham Jail" - Discussion
Soapstone 1,
Focus rhetorical devices syllogism 2,
Step 1 3
7  cards
"The Gettysburg Address" by Abraham Lincoln
Step 1 1,
Step 2 2,
Step 3 3
10  cards
"The Gettysburg Address" - Discussion
Soapstone 1,
Focus rhetoric the study of langu...,
Step 1 3
7  cards
"Declaration of Sentiments..." by E.C. Stanton
Step 1 1,
Step 2 2,
Step 3 3
19  cards
"Declaration of Sentiments..." - Discussion
Soapstone 1,
Focus using parody in your argume...,
Step 1 3
7  cards
Unit 10 Review
Letter from birmingham jail 1,
Gettysburg address 2,
Declaration of sentiments and res...
3  cards
Unit 10 Exam
Letter from birmingham jail 1,
Gettysburg address 2
2  cards
Rhetorical Analysis with Alfred Green 2003
Introduction 1,
Body paragraph 2,
Conclusion 3
8  cards
Coca Cola v Grove Press 1998 - Introduction
Rhetorical analysis essay prompts...,
How to diagnose an essay prompt 2,
Style 3
4  cards
Coca Cola v Grove Press - Discussion
Block method 1 1,
Block method 2 2,
Point by point 3
8  cards
Benjamin Banneker 2010 - Introduction
Step 1 1,
Step 2 2,
Step 3 3
12  cards
Benjamin Banneker - Discussion
Introduction 1,
Body paragraph at least 2 2,
Conclusion 3
14  cards
Pink Flamingo Price 2006 - Introduction
Occasion 1,
Style 2,
Speaker 3
5  cards
Pink Flamingo Price - Discussion
Tips of analyzing prompts 1,
Sample organization of rhetorical...,
Iii second body paragraph italics 3
14  cards
MagnaSoles 2005 - Introduction
Introduction 1,
Style 2,
Speaker 3
7  cards
MagnaSoles - Discussion
Sample organization of rhetorical...,
Iii ironic timeframes 2,
Iii ironic timeframes 3
11  cards
Unit 11 Review
Exemplar 2003 prompt 1,
1998 2,
Coca cola letter vs grove press l...
10  cards
Unit 11 Exam
The author s use of for example h...,
Style word choice that elicits re...,
Iv conclusion 3
7  cards
Environmentalists v People First 2009 - Introduction
Style 1,
Which part of the task defines wh...,
Speaker 3
9  cards
Envirtonmentalists v People First - Discussion
Compare contrast 1,
Two good ways to organize a compa...,
Block method 1 3
10  cards
Immigration 2003B - Introduction
Style 1,
Tone 2,
Task 3
6  cards
Immigration - Discussion
Tips for organizing your rhetoric...,
Rhetorical analysis essay immigra...,
I introduction 3
12  cards
Making a Home in a Restless World - Introduction
Audience 1,
Purpose 2,
Style 3
6  cards
Making a Home in a Restless World - Discussion
Making a home 2007 ap exam prompt 1,
Iii metaphors 2,
Ii parallel structure 3
11  cards
Abigail Adams 2014 - Introduction
Style 1,
Task 2,
Which part of the task defines wh...
8  cards
Abigail Adams 2014 - Discussion
Tips 1,
Abigail adams 2014 ap exam prompt 2,
Iii tonal shifts 3
12  cards
Cesar Chavez 2015 - Introduction
Tone 1,
Which part of the task defines th...,
Style 3
4  cards
Cesar Chavez - Discussion
Tips 1,
Cesar chavez 2015 ap exam prompt 2,
Iii rhetorical questions 3
12  cards
Unit 12 Review
2009 1,
Part i environmentalists v people 2,
Part iv environmentalists v people 3
12  cards
Unit 12 Exam
Part iii environmentalists v peop...,
Part iv environmentalists v people 2,
Speaker 2003b 3
5  cards
Defend, Challenge, Qualify v Develop a Position
Defend challenge or qualify essay 1,
Defend a position essay 2,
If you are asked to write an argu...
8  cards
Argument - Introduction with Humorists 2010
Claim 1,
Data 2,
Warrant 3
5  cards
Adversity v Talent 2009
Argumentative essay generating in...,
Where to start 2,
Brainstorm ideas 3
6  cards
Certainty v Doubt 2012
Argumentative essay develop a pos...,
How to start 2,
Brainstorm 3
5  cards
Corporate Sponsor 2008
Argumentative essay evaluate a si...,
How to start 2,
Brainstorm 3
7  cards
Incentivizing Charity 2007
Argumentative essay a position ba...,
How to start 2,
Choose a position 3
7  cards
Ownership v Self Identity 2013
Argumentative essay write about a...,
How to start 2,
Choose a position 3
7  cards
Buy Nothing Day 2010B
Argumentative essay consider the ...,
Understand the prompt 2,
Brainstorm ideas 3
14  cards
Average Man 2011B
Argumentative essay write the ext...,
Understand the prompt 2,
How to start 3
11  cards
Teaching Creativity 2014
Argumentative essay two part assi...,
Consider the prompt 2,
Understand the prompt 3
10  cards
Polite Speech 2015
Argumentative essay abstract idea 1,
How to start 2,
Example pros and cons 3
8  cards
Unit 13 Review
If you were writing an argumentat...,
Which thesis statement ties these...,
Warrant 3
4  cards
Unit 13 Exam
If you were writing an argumentat...,
Which thesis statement ties these...,
Which idea fits paragraph ii 3
4  cards
Take a position v Identity Factors
Synthesis essay identify two types 1,
Take a position essay 2,
Identify factors essay 3
27  cards
Introduction to Synthesis with Locovore Movement
Synthesis essay gathering informa...,
Before you view the sources 2,
As you view the sources 3
5  cards
Locavore Movement - Essay
Synthesis essay format 1,
Synthesis essay claim data warrant 2,
Synthesis essay as you write 3
4  cards
Advertising Synthesis 2007
Consider the source excerpt what ...
1  cards
Advertising Synthesis - Discussion
Before reading sources 1,
As you read sources 2,
Sample essay outline 3
4  cards
Space Exploration 2009
Consider the prompt 1,
Understand the prompt 2,
Before reading the sources 3
9  cards
Monuments 2013
Synthesis essay boring topics 1,
How to start 2,
Brainstorm your ideas 3
6  cards
Govt Promoting Green Life 2011B - Student Essay
Understand the prompt 1,
Developing your position 2,
Sample introduction 3
8  cards
Technology in the Classroom 2010 - Student Essay
Understand the prompt 1,
Choose a position 2,
Developing your position 3
10  cards
Unit 14 Review
The need to memorialize events or...,
Read the following article by hor...,
What would be the best way to sum...
3  cards
Introduction to Multiple Choice
Note 1,
As you take the multiple choice t...,
What will you be doing as you tak...
16  cards
Main Idea Questions
Main idea questions 1,
Which claim comes directly from t...,
According to the text the author ...
5  cards
Inference Questions
When the narrator says with a lit...,
In this excerpt the moth s death ...,
Answers 3
5  cards
Rheotrical Questions
Which rhetorical strategy does th...
1  cards
Diction Questions
The term cataracts most likely me...,
Density means 2,
Principles 3
20  cards
Grammar Questions
Dreaded 1,
Antecedent of the bold it 2,
And function as which of the foll...
10  cards
Form Questions
What is the relationship between ...
1  cards
Tone/Attitude Questions
The author s attitude toward the ...,
The author s attitude toward engl...,
The author s attitude toward his ...
10  cards
Purpose Questions
Which of the following best repre...
1  cards
Footnote Questions
It can be inferred that footnote ...,
It can be inferred that footnote ...,
It can be inferred that footnote ...
10  cards
Strategies
The second paragraph seems negati...,
Note 2,
B and d are obviously incorrect 3
3  cards
Passage Order
Note 1
1  cards

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