AP
STYLE
AND
RHETORICAL
APPEALS
GRAPHIC
ORGANIZER


Use
this
chart
with
your
“AP
Style
and
Rhetorical
Appeals
“Terms
to
Know.”

When
>illing
in
your
chart,
always
remember
to
write
a
topic
sentence,
a
sentence
that
states
your
>inding/claim,
a
sentence
that
supports
it
(i.e.,
a
quote
or

speci>ic
example
from
the
text),
as
well
as
a
sentence
that
ties
and
connects
your
claim
and
your
quote/example
together.



Title
of
the
Reading/Source:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Author’s
Name:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 





 

THESIS


The
sentence
or
group
of
sentences
that
directly
expresses
the
 

author’s
opinion,
purpose,
meaning,
or
proposition.
 


 














































































































































































































This
9lexible
term
describes
the
variety,
the
conventions,
and
the
 

purposes
of
the
major
kinds
of
writing.

 


 

•
Overall
Structure
of
Essay
 

STRUCTURE


•
Length/Order
of
Paragraphs
 


 

Types
of
Writing
(Rhetorical
Modes)

•
Description

•
Narrative

•
Persuasion

•
Exposition
(Example,
DeCinition
ClassiCication/Division,





Process
Analysis,
Compare/Contrast,
Cause/Effect)

Syntax
refers
to
the
arrangement
of
words
within
a
phrase,
 

clause,
or
sentence.




Type/Length
of
Sentence:
segregating,
freight‐train,
parataxis,

triadic,
cumulative,
parallelism,
balanced,
loose,
periodic,

convoluted,
centered,
fragment

SYNTAX




•
Active/Passive
Voice

•
Antithesis

•
Aphorism

•
Chiasmus

•
Juxtaposition

•
Punctuation
Use

•
Repetition/Alliteration


Student’s
Name:

 
 

 Diction
refers
to
a
writer's
word
choice:

•
Abstract/Concrete

•
Ambiguity

•
Colloquial/Slang/Pretensions

DICTION


•
Clichés/
Euphemism/Jargon

•
Denotation/Connotation
of
a
word

•
Formal
v.
Informal/
Levels
of
Usage

•
Hyperbole

•
Idiom

•
Onomatopoeia

•
Tone
of
a
word
(emotional
charge
of
word)

Figurative
language
seeks
to
clarify
and
accentuate
meaning
by

FIGURATIVE


LANGUAGE


referencing
a
word
or
phrase
in
terms
of
something
familiar
to

the
audience,
usually
to
achieve
special
meaning
or
effect:



Similes,
Metaphors,
PersoniCication,
Allusion,


Irony,
Overstatement/Understatement,
Puns,


Imagery,
Allegory,
Analogy,
Apostrophe,
Conceit,

Extended
Metaphor,
Metonymy,
Oxymoron,
Paradox,

Symbolism



Which
ones
were
used?
Provide
examples
from
the
text



RHETORICAL
APPEALS


The
persuasive
device
by
which
a
writer
tries
to
sway
the

audience’s
attention
and
response
to
any
given
work.



•
Ethos
‐
Establishes
credibility
of
speaker.

•
Logos
‐
Employs
logical
reasoning
and
clear
examples.

•
Pathos
‐
Plays
on
reader’s
emotions
and
interests.








Student’s
Name: