AP Lang Unit 0

  1. What are the two types of multiple choice questions? 

-Questions asking students to read and analyze nonfiction texts

-Questions asking students to consider revisions to stimulus texts

  1. What are three types of free response questions? 

-Synthesis question:compose and argument with 3 sources

-Rhetorical Analysis:Analyze how a writer language contributes to the meaning of the text

-Argument: create an evidence-based argument responding to a given topic

  1. How are the free response questions assessed? 

They are asses based on correctness but also the style, persuasiveness, and demonstrated mastery on the topic/material.

  1. What percentage do multiple choice questions count toward the total exam score versus free response? 

45%

  1. What is the scale for the final score for the final/National exam? 

Scale of 1-5

Questions about course content and concepts from Unit 0 and 1: Each question will ask you for a definition. 

  1. Rhetoric: the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.

  2. Persuasion: the action or fact of persuading someone or of being persuaded to do or believe something.

  3. Rhetorical situation: any set of circumstances that involves at least one person using some sort of communication to modify the perspective of at least one other person(purpose, audience, topic, writer, and context)

  4. Exigence: an urgent need or demand

  5. Purpose: the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists.

  6. Audience: a group of listeners or spectators

  7. Writer: a person who has written a particular text.

  8. Context: the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed.

  9. Message: a verbal, written, or recorded communication sent to or left for a recipient who cannot be contacted directly.

  10. Claim: state or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof.

  11. Claim of fact: Claims that assert the truth or existence of something and can be tested by examining evidence for the claim

  12. Claim of value: a qualitative assertion that makes an argument about a moral, aesthetic, or philosophical topic

  13. Claim of policy: argues that certain conditions should exist, or that something should or should not be done, in order to solve a problem.

  14. Evidence: the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.

  15. Facts: a thing that is known or proved to be true.

  16. Anecdotes: a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.

  17. Analogies: a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

  18. Statistics: the practice or science of collecting and analyzing numerical data in large quantities, especially for the purpose of inferring proportions in a whole from those in a representative sample.

  19. Examples: a thing characteristic of its kind or illustrating a general rule.

  20. Expert Opinions: scientific views or comments by a group of designated experts based on a review of scientific evidence and/or expert opinion.

  21. Testimonials: a formal statement testifying to someone's character and qualifications.

  22. Reasoning: the action of thinking about something in a logical, sensible way.

Source Material: the collection of objects a writer uses to gather information and ideas