Talluluh's Ap Lang Blog

  Answer: On today's test, I think it was easier to recognize devices from quotes than from definitions. I think this is because when learning the devices in class, we looked at lots of examples of them and even practiced writing our own. The hardest part of the test, for me, was distinguishing the difference between analogy and allusion. Analogy is comparing something well-known to something not well-known, while allusion is referencing something well-known. On the test, I was confused when determining whether a quote was allusion or analogy. Summary: Today we took the rhetorical devices test.

Answer: In 6th grade, I worried that my other classmates thought I was dumb. I was in an accelerated math class, and I struggled more in that class than other students. I was slower at understanding the topics, and I felt I didn't belong in the class because I wasn't as smart as everyone else. My brother was also in that class. He was much smarter and had much higher grades than me. I tried so hard to get perfect test scores in accelerated math, but mine were never as good as his. I was worried that the teacher and other students thought he was the smarter sibling out of him and I. Looking back, my grades were pretty good, and I didn't need to be so hard on myself. Summary: Today we learned two more rhetorical devices: procatalepsis and distinctio. Reflection: Procatalepsis is addressing objections that the reader may have to the writer's claim. Distinctio is elaborating on the definition of a word to clarify what the writer meant when they used it. I can use both of th...

  Answer: One time in ninth grade, I had to draw a map for my AP Human Geography, and I asked my mom for help. It was a hard assignment and I was stressed, so I said, "I'm never going to finish this assignment." I didn't actually mean the assignment was impossible. I exaggerated to express my frustration that I still hadn't finished the homework. I did end up completing the assignment finally, and it turned out very good. Summary: Today we took notes on three rhetorical devices: hyperbole, understatement, and litotes. Reflection: Hyperbole is to use exaggeration, understatement is to say less than what one would expect, and litotes is to use a word opposite to the condition, like "not good" instead of "bad." Using these three as well as many more types of rhetorical devices will help me make my writing stronger and more advanced.

  Answer:  Nowadays, it does feel like interactions are more online than they used to be. I have noticed this phenomenon especially after the Covid-19 pandemic, when people were stuck in their houses. We had to do all work on the computer rather than at the workplace or school building. The shift from in-person to online caused a huge change. Even after the pandemic ended, many activities I did in class were on the chromebook, which I had barely used before covid. As reliance on technology grew, face-to-face social interactions were replaced with online connections. Summary:  Today we took notes on three more rhetorical devices: antithesis, hypophora, and rhetorical question. Reflection:  I can use antithesis to contrast two things or ideas in my writing, use hypophora to answer the questions I know my reader will have, and use rhetorical question to add complexity to my argument by asking a question while implying the answer.