I Swear I Did the Reading
Rhetorically Speaking
Revision and Final Projects
Pass the Popcorn
The Bottom
100

The format of "3 Ways to Speak English" by Jamila Lyiscott

Ted Talk or Video 

100

A writer cites a peer-reviewed study with a specific statistic to support their claim. Which appeal is this?

Logos

100

The types of essays you wrote this summer semester and the order.


(Names of your Major Assignments)

Literacy Narrative → Analytical Essay → Film Analysis Essay → Literary Analysis

100

The specific object does Mookie throw to start the riot in Do the Right Thing

Trash Can

100

This event from their childhood binds Sula and Nel together in a shared secret

The drowning of Chicken Little

200

Fill in the Blank:

Anzaldúa argues that if you want to truly wound a person, you should attack their_______

language
200

A speaker references a news event from that same morning to make their point feel urgent. Which rhetorical concept are they using?

Kairos

200

A literacy narrative that only lists events in chronological order without interpretation is missing ________.

reflection

analysis

meaning-making

200

The event that destroys the Kim family's home in Parasite?

The flood/heavy rainstorm

200

Fill in the blank:
Barbara Smith's "Toward a Black Feminist Literary Criticism" calls for a critical framework centered on ________ ________'s writing and experience, rather than analyzing it through _____ or ______-centered lenses.

Barbara Smith's "Toward a Black Feminist Literary Criticism" calls for a critical framework centered on Black women's writing and experience, rather than analyzing it through whit or male-centered lenses.

300

This poetic tradition or form focuses on praise or celebration

An ode 

300

King explains his official title and role within the civil rights movement early in his letter. What appeal is this meant to establish?

Ethos

Appeal to Character or Credibility

300

Revising for ________ should generally happen before revising for grammar and mechanics.

meaning

(content, structure, clarity)

300

This is used as a visual/spatial symbol during Parasite to represent class hierarchy

The house's vertical structure (upper level vs. basement) and stairs to symbolize class and place

Kim's end up hiding in the basement

300

Two deaths tied to fire in the novel

Plum's death and Hannah's death

400

In "Those Winter Sundays," what does the speaker realize, as an adult, that he failed to understand as a child?

That his father's quiet, thankless labor (like lighting the fire) was itself an act of love

400

A writer who relies only on emotional stories with no evidence is over-relying on ________ and neglecting logos.

pathos

400

This essay assignment specifically asked students to push back on or extend an existing critic's argument

The Literary Analysis essay (on Sula)

400

In Parasite, the sense that Mr. Park use to notice a difference in the Kim family

Smell 

400

This physical detail on Sula's face is repeatedly described throughout the novel, what is it and how do different characters interpret it?

A birthmark over her eye that is interpreted depending on who is looking at it as a stemmed rose, a snake, or ashes

500

Both hooks' "Values: Living by a Love Ethic" and Lorde's "The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action" argue that a common human tendency gets in the way of doing the harder, right thing. What is that shared obstacle each writer identifies?

Fear

500

How can a writer damage their own ethos even while using solid logos?

ignoring counterarguments, using a dismissive tone, or citing unreliable sources

500

The difference between "reflection" and "summary" when writing about your own growth as a writer this semester?

Reflection interprets and makes meaning of the experience and/or growth; summary just restates what happened

500

The specific source of racial tension in Do The Right Thing that triggers Buggin' Out, Radio Raheem, and others in the community

The Wall of Fame (only photos of Italian American celebrities in Sal's Pizzeria)

500

This happens to the town of Medallion, Ohio or "The Bottom" by the final chapter in 1965

It has been developed/is being turned into a golf course and what was left of the community has been displaced

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