AP English Language and Composition: Semester Exam Study Guide

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Across
  1. 3. reference to something well-known
  2. 6. evidence that is measurable
  3. 12. acknowledgement of a limitation in your own argument
  4. 15. meaningful contrast of opposites
  5. 17. an opposing claim
  6. 18. word choice
  7. 19. a rejection of a counterclaim
  8. 20. explains what the writer does in verb form "rhetorical _____"
  9. 22. the speaker's attitude
  10. 23. what the author chooses to leave in as well as leave out of a text
  11. 24. used to offset extra information included either in the middle of a complete sentence or at the end of a complete sentence
Down
  1. 1. to avoid absolute language agreeing or disagreeing with a claim
  2. 2. used to add extra information or clarification after a complete sentence or used to introduce a list at the end of a complete sentence.
  3. 4. the author of a text
  4. 5. appeals to emotion
  5. 7. why the speaker is presenting their argument at this time
  6. 8. the larger situation in which the text happens
  7. 9. appeals to logic
  8. 10. used to separate two independent clauses-must have a complete sentence on either side
  9. 11. who the text is directed toward
  10. 13. this sentence introduces a subclaim
  11. 14. used before a coordinating conjunction to separate two independent clauses
  12. 16. descriptive language that engages the senses
  13. 20. part of a paragraph that connects the evidence to the claim
  14. 21. what the speaker hopes to achieve
  15. 22. the claim of the paper