How to Argue
An argument using experience or education, such as “Many dentists approve of this toothpaste.”
What is ethos?
The type of cancer Jeffrey Alper suffers from in Drums, Girls, & Dangerous Pie.
What is leukemia?
A list of chapters or sections at the beginning of a nonfiction book.
What is a table of contents?
The opposite of what is expected to happen.
What is irony?
The two drinks Mr. Persinger drinks at school EVERY day.
What are coffee and water?
An argument using emotions, such as, “Don’t you want to help these poor, starving ducks? Donate today.”
What is pathos?
The five stages of grief.
What are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance?
Punctuation marks which must appear at the beginning and ending of direct text evidence.
A type of poem with three lines and seventeen syllables.
What is a haiku?
The college Mr. Persinger attended.
What is Edinboro University (or Penn West)?
An argument using facts and reasoning, such as, “You should not smoke because it more than doubles your chance for lung cancer.”
What is logos?
The author of Drums, Girls, & Dangerous Pie and After Ever After.
A term which refers to the text describing an image or photo in nonfiction.
What is a caption?
Multiple words in a line of poetry which begin with the same consonant sound (not including "s" sounds).
What is alliteration?
Who are Gizmo, Lucky, Pigeon, Rocket, or Comet?
The Greek word meaning “the art of arguing effectively.”
The full first & last name of Jeffrey's best friend in After Ever After.
Who is Thaddeus Ibsen?
The three parts of an effective introduction paragraph, as learned in this class.
What are a hook, a bridge, and a thesis statement?
The author of poems including "The Road Not Taken" and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening."
Who is Robert Frost?
What is "yapping"?
The wise Greek philosopher who organized effective arguments into three categories based on emotions, experience, and facts.
Who is Aristotle?
The amount of time which passes between Drums, Girls, & Dangerous Pie and After Ever After.
What is 7 or 8 years?
The three-letter name of the essay writing format (or guidelines) used in high schools and colleges across the English speaking world, including this class.
What is MLA (or Modern Language Association)?
A humorous type of poem featuring five lines and an AABBA rhyme scheme.
What is a limerick?
Mr. Persinger's real age.
What is 32 years old?