Author
Type of Text
Specifics
Specifics Cont.
Rhetoric
100

Chimamanda Adichie is the author of what?

"The Dangers of a Single Story"

100

"The Dangers of a Single Story" and "Keep Memory Alive" are both what?

Speeches

100

Adichie tone in "The Danger of a Single Story" is what?

Passionate 

100

What saved tsunami survivor Becky Ralph's life?

Pure luck and her training

100

a use of language that is intended to have an effect on its audience - is what type of device?

Rhetorical Device 

200

Mark Twain is the author of what satire?

"An Encounter with an Interviewer"

200

"Like Being Spun in a Giant Washer" is an example of what type of text?

An article 

200

What is one reason there was so much damage in Sri Lanka?

There was no warning for the Tsunami 

200

"Then the young man reverently withdrew. He was very pleasant company, and I was sorry to see him go." is from what text?

"An Encounter with an Interviewer" Mark Twain

200

When an author tries to create a picture or image for their audience, they are using what device?

Imagery

300

"Keep Memory Alive" is a speech written and orated by....

Elie Wiesel 

300

"An Encounter with an Interviewer" is a...

Satire

300

What does Mark Twain (the narrator) never actually tell the interviewer in "An Encounter with an Interviewer" 

His exact age

300

One of the differences between the red man and the white man is ("Yonder Sky...") 

Their treatment of the dead

300

Ethos, Pathos, Logos are all modes of ....

Persuasion 

400

Julian West wrote an article reporting a Tsunami.  What is the article title?

"We Heard it Before we Saw Anything"

400

Robert MacNeil's "The Trouble with Television" is what type of text?

An argumentative essay 

400

Prior to the Tsunami that struck the Indian Ocean Islands, people in Sri Lanka experienced what?

A tremor

400

"The Trouble with Television"

MacNeil's tone in this essay can best be described as

Critical but hopeful 

400

a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person - is referred to as a ....?

Anecdote

500

Robert MacNeil is the author of what essay?

"The Trouble with Television" 

500

"Yonder Sky That Has Wept Tears of Compassion" is what type of nonfiction?

A speech 

500

How does Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel, feel about accepting a Nobel Peace Prize?

He is undeserving of accepting an award on behalf of so many people
500

Chief Seattle's ability to describe valleys, rivers, mountains, lakes, bays, and shores demonstrates his tribe's

Deep love for the land

500

the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices - is what type of rhetorical device?

Satire

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