Persuasive Appeals
Figurative Language
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PLOT DIAGRAM
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The three persuasive appeals
What is ethos, logos, and pathos
100
a quick comparison using like or as.
What is a SIMILE
100

I walked to the store to get candy for my mother and I. 

Which point of view is shown?

First Person

100
BOOM, ZIP, POW
What is ONOMATOPOEIA
100

What introduces the setting, characters, and main conflict?

What is Exposition?

200
Uses facts, quotations, and statistics.
What is LOGOS
200
attribution of human qualities to inanimate things.
What is PERSONIFICATION
200

Which point of view is used when the author knows the thought and feelings of all characters?

Third Person Omniscient.

200
Tow truck breaking down.
What is IRONY
200

Where does the main conflict happen?  

What is Climax

300
Includes emotionally loaded language.
What is PATHOS
300
A comparison that provides a picture to help understand an idea.
What is METAPHOR
300

A question used to evoke a response or thought but not intended to be actually answered.

What is a rhetorical question

300
Sally sells seashells by the seashore
What is ALLITERATION
300

Where does the conflict develop and suspense occur?

What is Rising Action?

400
Builds an author's credibility and trustworthiness.
What is ETHOS
400
"School is like a carnival of learning"
What is SIMILE
400

What is a type of essay that presents arguments about both sides of an issue.

What is Argumentative Essay? 

400
"Let us go then, you and I, While the evening is spread out against the sky, Like a patient etherized upon a table..." -T.S Eliot, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
What is SIMILE
400

What is the fancy word that means the end of the story?

Denouement / Conclusion / Resolution  

500

6% of the population is allergic to peanuts. What rhetorical appeal is used?

What is Logos?

500

I could hear my neighbors yelling at each other because the walls in the apartment were paper thin. Which figurative language is being used?

What is a Metaphor?

500

What is a claim made to rebut a previous claim?

What is a Counterclaim?

500

 "Just going to stand there and hear me cry, but that's alright because I love the way you lie."

What is verbal irony?

500

Once upon a time there were three little pigs, and the time came for them to leave home and seek their fortunes. Before they left, their mother told them, "Whatever you do, do it the best that you can because that's the way to get along in the world.” What part of the plot diagram is shown?

What is Exposition?

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