AP Lang MC Notes
"In the _________ paragraph, the speaker characterizes themself as?"
Speaker
"The speaker's perspective is that of _________?"
Speaker
Analyze the person behind the text and what they value
Speaker
Firm and dependable especially in loyalty
Staunch
"The speaker's purpose in the passage is to?"
Purpose
Censure severely or angrily
Berate
The claim and the thesis are commonly known as the ___________ for an argument.
Building blocks
"Which of the following does the author attempt to answer in the passage?"
Claim/thesi
Take away a part from; diminish
Detract
Limited to or only caring about yourself and your own needs
Egocentric
Standing above others in quality or position
Eminent
Specify individually
Enumerate
Focused on Europe and the Europeans
Eurocentric
"Which of the following best describes the author's exigence in the passage?"
Exigence
Suggested though not directly expressed
Implicit
Unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
Ineptitude
Concessions should be qualified using ___________.
Limiters
Few, little, in a restricted way, to some extent, somewhat, partially
Limiters
To use with your concession to "limit" its scope and importance
Limiters
Put in a lower or outer position and treated as unimportant
Marginalized
Clearly, mostly, in most cases, more importantly, strongly significantly, primarily
Maximizers
To use when supporting your own claim to maximize its impact on the audience
Maximizes
The evidence you incorporate should match your ___________ and ___________.
Message; purpose
"The argument used by the speaker demonstrates the truth that?"
Modifiers/qualifiers
"Which of the following best describes the removal of _________ (qualitative phrase)?"
Modifiers/qualifiers
"Which of the following is true of the position presented in the _________ paragraphs?"
Modifiers/qualifiers
The claim/thesis introduces a main ___________ that you will then provide ___________ and elaboration to support.
Point/argument; evidence
Bring about abruptly
Precipitate
Designed to prevent an anticipated situation or occurrence
Preemptive
"In the _________paragraph, the speaker does _________ primarily to?"
Purpose
What are the 5 W's?
Who, what, when, where, why
flaw
You might acknowledge a small truth or admit a _______ in your own stance.
An argument free from imperfection (complete and perfect) that is usually accompanied by terms like "always" or "never." These are typically avoided in argumentation, since they are difficult to support
Absolute arguments
"Based on the author's discussion of _________ the author most likely believes which of the following about his audience?"
Audience
"In the passage the author makes which assumptions about the audience?"
Audience
"The intended audience is most probably?"
Audience
Analyze who the intended audience is, characteristics of the audience, or the relationship between a speaker and an audience
Audience
"Throughout the passage, the author presents evidence to support which of the following overarching claims?"
Claim/thesis
"Which of the following best describes the thesis of the passage?"
Claim/thesis
Having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization
Cognizant
Characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
Colloquial
Admitting the partial or whole truth associated with a point made in a counterargument
Concession
"The passage is most likely excerpted from...?"
Context
"This passage as a whole is best characterized by...?"
Context
Analyze what was going on in the world, what events impacted the message and purpose, and what the historical context is
Context
"In the _________ paragraph, the author supports his/her claim that _________ by?"
Contextualized evidence
"In the _________ sentence of the paragraph, the author mentions _________ to amplify his/her own point about the?
Contextualized evidence
"The author cites _________ to emphasize the?"
Contextualized evidence
"In the opening paragraph, the author contrasts _________ with his/her own position primarily to?"
Counterarguments
"The _________ paragraph as a whole implicitly challenges which of the following ideas?"
Counterarguments
"The functions of these sentences (?) is to?"
Counterarguments
Also known as the counter argument; the opposing point of view to one's thesis
Counterclaim
Make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
Debase
Contextualized evidence is specific ___________ used to support your claim as evidence. It can come from ___________, current events, ___________ trends, etc.
Evidence; history; societal
Analyze what prompts the author to write the passage or what events directly impacted the message and purpose
Exigence
"The speaker's primary purpose in paragraph _________ is?"
Purpose
Analyze what the author's goal is or what they want the audience to do or learn
Purpose
Modifying, limiting, or restricting your argument by presenting exceptions
Qualified arguments
A form of evidence that is presented to contradict or nullify other evidence that has been presented by and adverse party
Rebuttal
Exposing human folly to ridicule
Satiric
"A certain phrase from the passage helps to identify the speaker as?"
Speaker