This is the final exam for the first marking period for AP English Language class at Overbrook High School. This exam is an open-notes/open-books assessment. Students should use their personal notes as an answer resource. They should also refer to their two textbooks - Everything's An Argument & 50 Essays.
Alliteration
Repetition
First person point of view
Contrasting images
Simile
Thoughtful and reflective
Analytical and technical
Eager and enthusiastic
Sarcastic and bitter
Insistent and aggressive
Are unaware that they lie in many different ways.
Do not recognize the difference between functional lies and harmful ones.
Fail to understand the true consequences of their lying.
Have learned to tolerate lying as a necessary part of contemporary life.
Lie unintentionally more often than they lie intentionally.
Personal experience, explanation of consequences
Definition, explanation of consequences, examples
Definition, personal experience, general examples
Personal experiences, explanation of quotation
Explanation of quotation, personal experiences
A chronological sequence of events
A series of personal anecdotes
A diatribe exposing racism in American
An explanation of how the speaker gained an education
A study of the teachings of Elijah Muhammad and their influence on history
To illustrate the speaker's competitive spirit
To establish a motivation for the speaker's actions
To contrast the speaker's own skills with those of a rival
To indicate the importance of having a person to emulate
To indicate the source of the speaker's knowledge
Dullness to brilliance
Anger to compassion
Disbelief to faith
Denial to acceptance
Ignorance to knowledge
Inform
Convince
Explore
Make decisions
Meditate or pray
Inform
Convince
Explore
Make decisions
Meditate or pray
Inform
Convince
Explore
Make decisions
Meditate or pray
Fact (Did something happen?)
Definition (What is the nature of the thing?)
Evaluation (What is the quality of the thing?)
Proposal (What actions should be taken?)
Fact (Did something happen?)
Definition (What is the nature of the thing?)
Evaluation (What is the quality of the thing?)
Proposal (What actions should be taken?)
The principal
Your parents
Your teacher
Your friends
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
Pathos
Ethos
Logos
Logos
Pathos
Ethos
Ethos
Pathos
Logos