Potpourri
The literary tool most notably used in the following quote:
"He swilled the contents of the Pensieve as Harry had seen him swill them before, much as a gold prospector sifts for gold."
What is a simile
The speaker of the Oklahoma City Bombing Speech
Who is Bill Clinton
The E in SPACECAT
What is exigence
Bill Clinton refers to many Bible verses
What is allusion
If you don't keep up with your studies, your grades might _______________.
What is plummet?
The required elements of a defensible thesis
What are the rhetorical choices and the specific message, argument, or purpose
The following quote exemplifies what part of an essay.
"Most Americans go to work everyday without a concern for their safety."
What is the hook?
First C in Spacecat
What is Context
Reagan unites himself with the audience by using pronouns like "we" and "our"
What is diction
Our plans this weekend are not set in stone; they are ________________.
What is tentative?
A discussion in which everyone participates and the main goal is greater understanding.
What is a Harkness discussion?
The order of a body paragraph?
What is: Topic sentence, evidence, commentary, evidence, commentary, concluding sentence
Ethos, Pathos, Logos
What are appeals
He remembered as though it were but a few days ago that winter night, himself too young even to know the meaning of beauty, when he had looked up at a delicate tracery of bare black branches against the icy glittering stars.
What is imagery
Don't be so __________; spell it out plainly.
What is cryptic
The syntactical tool most notably used in the following quote:
They’re tiny shreds of plastic found in our air, water, and soil, ranging from 5 mm—about the size of a grain of rice—to less than a micron.
What is an em dash?
Here you should zoom out and consider a broader perspective.
What is the concluding paragraph?
This can shift or change in a speech or writing
What is the tone?
The rhetorical tool—a tree—used to encourage his audience to be patient and give themselves time to heal.
What is a symbol?
Please _____________ the talking. We need to have silence for this task.
What is curtail?
The difference between what the author is saying vs. doing
What is summary vs. analysis
What are doing verbs?
The letters that analyze the rhetorical situation.
What are S-P-A-C-E
Mournful to inspirational
What is the tone shift?
Writing good evidence and commentary will ___________ your thesis statement.
What is bolster?