AP LANG TEST #1 (Rhetoric + SPACECAT)

S in "Spacecat"

Speaker: Who is telling/ writing the piece

P in "Spacecat"

Purpose: What the speaker wants the audience to think, feel, or do

A in "Spacecat"

Audience: Who the message is intended for

C in "Spacecat"

Context: The time, place, and cultural climate surrounding the text

E in "Spacecat"

Exigence: The specific spark, event, or problem that triggered the creation of the text

Other C in "Spacecat"

Choices: The stylistic, structural, and rhetorical moves the author makes

Other A in "Spacecat"

Appeals: How the author persuades using ethos, pathos, or logos

T in "Spacecat"

Tone: The attitude of the author that comes through in the text

Allusion

A reference to a famous person, place, event, book etc, without explaining it

Personification

Giving human like qualities/actions to something nonhuman

Epiphora

Repetition of a word or phrase at the end of consequitive sentences

Metonymy

Replacing something with a related word/concept (I.e. "The white house announced…." in reference to the president)

Analogy

A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way

Antithesis

Two contrasting ideas presented in a balanced/parallel structure (i.e. "Not weakness, but strength)

Anaphora

Repetition of a word/phrase at the beginning of consecutive sentences

Asyndeton

Leaving out conjunctions between a series of things (i.e. "I came, I saw, I conquered.")

Polysyndeton

Using many conjunctions between items (i.e. and this and then and that and this and blah and blah and blah)

Alliteration

Repetion of the same beginning consonant sound (i.e. Peter piper picked ..)

Anadiplosis

The last word of one clause becomes the first word of the next (i.e. " Fear lead to anger. Anger leads to hate")

Parallelism

Using the same grammatical structure for multiple ideas (i.e. "I ____, I ____, I _____.")

Anecdote

a short and amusing/interesting story about a real incident or person

Juxtaposition

Putting 2 contrasting things side-by-side to highlight their differences (i.e. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.")

Euphemism

A milder/less direct expression used instead of something harsh or unpleasant. (i.e. "passed away")

Synecdoche

Using a part to represent the whole or the whole to represent a part (I.e. "All hands on deck" = sailors)

Rhetorical Question

A question asked without expecting an actual answer, said to make a point

Hyperbole

An extreme exaggeration that isn't meant literally (i.e. "I've told you a million times")