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AP English Language & Composition Test

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of 78 available terms

5 Written Questions

5 Matching Questions

  1. Stereotype
  2. Repetition
  3. Mode
  4. Rhetorical Modes
  5. Concrete Language
  1. a the method or form of a literary work; the manner in which a work of literature is written
  2. b exposition, description, narration, argumentation
  3. c word or phrase used two or more times in close proximity
  4. d a character who represents a trait that is usually attributed to a particular social or racial group and who lacks individuality
  5. e language that describes specific, observable things, people, or places, rather than ideas or qualities

5 Multiple Choice Questions

  1. refers to language that describes concepts rather than concrete images (ideas and qualities rather than observable or specific things, people, or places)
  2. reversing the customary (subject first, then verb, then complement) order of elements in a sentence or phrase
  3. an individual instance taken to be representative of a general pattern
  4. an element in literature that conveys a realistic portrayal of a specific geographical locale, using the locale and its influences as a major part of the plot
  5. usually in poetry but sometimes in prose; the device of calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person or to a place, thing, or personified abstraction

5 True/False Questions

  1. Ethical Appeal; Ethoswhen a writer appeals to readers; emotions (often through pathos) to excite and involve them in the argument

          

  2. Anecdotea short, simple narrative of an incident; often used for humorous effect or to make a point

          

  3. Genrethe characteristic of emotion or attitude of an author toward the characters, subject, and audience

          

  4. Descriptionthe process of moving from a general rule to a specific example

          

  5. Syntaxthe grammatical structure of a sentence; the arrangement of words in a sentence