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Rhetorical Function, Strategy, and Purpose Videos
AP English Language and Composition: Passage Drill Drill 1, Problem 7. What is the principal rhetorical function of paragraphs one to three?
Organizational Structures and Strategies Videos 17 videos
AP English Language and Composition 4.2 Passage Drill. Which of the following lines provides the most unity to the passage?
When the passage moves from the seventh to the final paragraph (line 60), it also moves from
The final paragraph (lines 66–74) serves primarily to
Rhetorical Function Videos 20 videos
He or she that answereth this question shall...answereth it. And hopefully feel kind of accomplished. Hit play and figure out the primary rhetorica...
The author most likely provides Ricky Ross' backstory in lines 64–65 in order to
What is the author's likely strategy in connecting science to "common sense" (lines 10, 14, 15)?
Rhetorical Purpose Videos 11 videos
AP English Language and Composition 9.5 Passage Drill. Which of the following does the author not imply or assert in paragraph 3?
AP English Language and Composition 10.5 Passage Drill. What does the author state that a land ethic must be a process of?
AP English Language and Composition 8.3 Passage Drill. What most accurately describes the effect the author achieves by including several French ex...
Rhetorical Strategies and Devices Videos 11 videos
AP English Language and Composition 4.1 Passage Drill. Which of the following does the speaker present as similar?
Lines 65–67 ("In the purely…motor oil") contain examples of
AP English Language and Composition 10.4 Passage Drill. What is the author's strategy in paragraph 6?