Rhetorical Devices I
Writing Strategies I
Appeals
Writing Strategies II
Rhetorical Devices II
100
"The pen is mightier than the sword" is an example of ______.
What is metonymy.
100
Known for having a "dominant impression" in place of a thesis, this writing style uses vivid imagery to drive home its meaning.
What is description?
100
The inclusion of facts and statistics is an example of ______.
What is logos?
100
The breaking down of a topic in order to show how a specific conclusion was reached is the writing strategy ______.
What is division and analysis?
100
_______ is the intentional organization of words in a sentence or line to create the most meaning.
What is syntax?
200
"I am a mountain that has been moved" is an example of _______.
What is metaphor?
200
A short story about growing up in a single parent home is most likely an example of ________ writing style.
What is narrative?
200
A lawyer putting a crying mother on the stand to show the emotional effects of her sons death is most likely an example of ______.
What is pathos?
200
An essay explaining the common character traits of people who own specific types of pets that is organized by said types of pets is an example of _____.
What is classification?
200
_______ is the intentional word choice by an author to help strengthen their writing.
What is diction?
300
"I need you like water in my lungs" is an example of ________.
What is simile?
300
This writing strategy aims to show readers the meaning of a subject and its distinctions from other subjects.
What is definition?
300
Beginning a TED Talk with a humorous anecdote is an example of ______.
What is pathos?
300
Starting off with an engaging story is known as ______.
What is anecdote?
400
"Red rivulets of dye" is a detail best described as _______.
What is imagery?
400
This writing strategy is used to evaluate a subject by examining its similarities and differences between it and another subject.
What is compare and contrast?
400
When an anecdote is used to demonstrate that the author has experience with the subject, it is an example of ______.
What is ethos?
400
Synthesis is a writing style that asks writers to _______.
What is using multiple sources to come to a conclusion?
400
The creation of new meaning through the process of comparing two things is known as ________.
What is juxtaposition?
500
"What I remember most are the hands that I've shaken, the hands that I've held." is an example of ________.
What is synecdoche?
500
This writing strategy is used to express the consequences of a subject.
What is cause and effect?
500
Authors including graphs and charts from an original study that they conducted about the subject in preparation for their research is an example of _____ and _____.
What are ethos and logos?
500
Dialogue is common in this type of writing.
What is narrative?
500
The repetition of the phrase "it was the" in the sentence “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness..." is known as ________.
What is anaphora?
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