Argument Vocab
What is a claim?
This is an appeal to logic
What is logos?
Why was Mrs. Mallard's family concerned about her?
She has heart trouble.
This is a group of lines in a poem.
What is a stanza?
The car was as fast as a jet soaring through the sky.
What is simile?
Reasoning, facts, and statements intended to support a point of view.
What is argument?
This is an appeal to emotions.
What is pathos?
How does Mrs. Mallard FIRST react when she hears of her husbands death?
The cries hysterically.
This is the pattern of rhyme in a poem.
What is rhyme scheme?
My life is an open book; I have no secrets.
What is metaphor?
Source based information including facts, figures, and details to support the central idea or claim.
What is evidence?
This is an appeal to ethics or credibility.
What is ethos?
Why is Mrs. Mallard happy that her husband is dead?
She finally gets to live for herself.
This is specific word order, or the way language is arranged to create well formed sentences.
What is syntax?
There were a million people in line in front of me to see the new Avengers movie.
What is hyperbole?
Thinking about something in a logical way in order to form a conclusion or judgement.
What is reasoning?
"Without your help, these puppies cannot survive. Adopt today" is this rhetorical appeal.
What is pathos?
She has a heart attack after hearing her husband is actually alive.
This is an authors word choice. The specific language they use.
What is diction?
The steak sizzled as it cooked on the grill.
What is onomatopoeia?
Rhetoric is _______ you are going to make your argument.
What is HOW?
What is ethos?
What is the first sign that Mrs. Mallard's mood is changing?
She looks out the window and sees life.
This is the feeling a reader gets from a text or poem when reading.
What is mood?
She felt like she had a golden ticket.
What is allusion?