Figurative Language I
Figurative Language II
Name that Persuasive Technique
Persuasive Fallacies
Miscellaneous
100

A comparison using like or as

What is a simile?
100
Something that is not human is given human qualities
What is personification?
100
An appeal in which moral support is offered - The appeal focuses on values that are widely accepted
What is an ethical (ethos) appeal?
100

A famous person is mentioned because he/she is well-known and well-liked - not because he/she has knowledge in a particular area


What is faulty use of authority?
100
The writer acknowledges the opposing viewpoint
What is a concession?
200

A comparison not using like or as

What is a metaphor?
200

Consonant sounds at the beginning of words are repeated


What is alliteration?
200

Emotionally charged words that will produce strong positive or negative feelings

What are loaded words?
200

A writer analyzes a complex situation as if it has only two sides

What is either/or?
200
Used to disprove the opposing viewpoint
What is a counter argument? 
300
An exaggerated statement
What is hyperbole?
300
Visually descriptive language that focuses on the five senses
What is imagery?
300

A question that is asked even though the writer does not expect an answer

What is a rhetorical question?
300

A writer makes a broad statement that something is true about all members of a group

What is broad generalization?
300
Key words that allow a reader to understand he/she is reading a concession and counter argument
What are 

It is true, of course, that one may believe...however...?

400
A reference to a well-known/famous person, place, or event
What is an allusion?
400
A play on words
What is a pun?
400

An appeal in which the author offers data, statistics, and facts

What is a rational (logos) appeal?
400

A writer changes the subject to distract you from the real argument

What is red herring?
400

The sentence that is easier to support:

1. Contrary to popular belief, hunters are friends of the environment.

2. Contrary to popular belief, most hunters are friends of the environment.


What is sentence #2?
500
A figure of speech in which someone addresses/talks to a dead person, a person who is not present, or an object
What is an apostrophe?
500

A statement that appears to contradict itself but has some truth to it

What is a paradox?
500
An appeal in which the author calls on various feelings (sadness, happiness, fear, etc.) to effect the reader
What is an emotional (pathos) appeal?
500

A writer exaggerates or oversimplifies the other side so that it can be rejected as ridiculous

What is straw man?
500
The most difficult appeal to argue: pathos, ethos, or logos
What is logos?
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