<p>OK, so I am a pretty good writer, but I'm still a little confused as to what the College Board means when they ask for "rhetorical strategies" a writer uses (and I'm taking the AP Language exam Wed! Yikes!). Can anyone out there who's taken the test just list a few of the strategies they used so I have some idea of what's going on here? Thanks!</p>
<p>diction, imagery, rhetorical questions, repetition, syntax</p>
<p>Rhetorical Strategies: Examples, cause/effect, classification, process, contrast, comparison, definition
The things that Predator listed are rhetorical techniques.</p>
<p>I am so screwed for this test. My teacher taught my class absolutely nothing.</p>
<p>Rhetorical Strategies: deduction/induction, ad hominem, red herring, cause-effect, compare-contrast, extended definition, appeals to ethos, logos, pathos, religion, etc. - a process</p>
<p>The things that Predator listed are rhetorical DEVICES - rhetorical techniques are a synonym for rhetorical strategies.</p>
<p>Also, if you want a good review of lit. devices (rhet. devices), get the NTC Dictionary of Literary Terms. I know its very late for this, but if you're in cram mode . . .</p>
<p>syntax, diction, detail.</p>
<p>cover those big three and you're golden :)</p>
<p>it's basically DIDLS: Diction, Imagery, Details, Language, Syntax</p>
<p>so AP asks you for the strategies? thus if i talk about rhetorical questions it is illegitimate? or is it strategies or devices?</p>