A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
100
Integrate quotes from 3-4 sources on this essay.
What is the Synthesis Essay.
100
To attack the "man" rather than addressing the merit of the actual idea.
What is Ad Hominem?
100
12 minutes per passage.
What is how much time should be spent on each multiple choice passages and accompanying questions?
200
The author's attitude or feelings toward a subject revealed through style and diction.
What is tone?
200
An overstatement or exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
200
To analyze how an author uses rhetorical appeals and devices to achieve his or her purpose.
What is rhetorical analysis?
200
Using examples to illustrate an idea.
What is the mode of illustration or exemplification?
200
15 minutes
What is the reading time available for reading the sources?
300
The art of speaking or writing effectively.
What is rhetoric?
300
"Jumbo Shrimp"
"Cold Comfort"
"Skinny Fat"
What are examples of oxymoron?
300
To retell what an author says in his or her writing versus to discuss how an author achieve's his or her purpose.
What is the difference between summarizing and analyzing?
300
When a writer or speaker leads you to a conclusion without sufficient or relevant evidence.
What is hasty generalization?
300
POE and explain what it means.
What is the process of elimination- the process of eliminating the most likely wrong answers and determining the right answer with the remaining answers?
400
Ethos, Logos, Pathos
What are the Classical Appeals?
400
Stating something but meaning the opposite of what is stated.
What is the Rhetorical Triangle?
What is the Rhetorical Diamond?
400
A mode that explains why things should be done or should have been done.
What is cause and effect?
400
As you read each paragraph ask yourself, "What is the author's main point in this paragraph?"
When you finish a passage, ask yourself, "What is the author's big picture purpose and main point of the passage?"
What is Active Reading?
500
A word's primary or literal meaning versus the feeling a word evokes or other meanings associated with a word.
What is the difference between denotation and connotation?
500
A social or political criticism that relies heavily on irony, sarcasm and humor.
What is satire.
500
Take a position and develop an argument using first hand evidence such as personal experience, background knowledge of history, literature, current events, etc.
What is the argument essay?
500
An attempt to shift the audience's attention away from an important issue by introducing an issue that has no logical connection to the discussion at hand.