Appeals & Claims
Decode that Metaphor
Grammar Hell
Rhetorical Devices
Rhetorical Fallacies
100
An appeal that relies heavily on strong emotional responses
What is emotional appeal or pathos?
100
The following two things are being compared in this metaphor: But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
What is Juliet and the sun?
100
All sentences must have a subject and a __________.
What is a predicate?
100
The emotional implications and associations that a word may carry.
What is an "connotation?"
100
"Of course that writer supports gun control; she is a Democrat!"
What is an "ad hominem argument?"
200
an argument that focuses heavily on expert opinions, statistics, and factual evidence
What is appeal to authority?
200
These TWO things are being compared in the following metaphor: Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?
What is you with a summer's day?
200
If you study, you will pass the test. What kind of sentence is this?
What is complex?
200
The choice and use of words in speech or writing.
What is "diction?"
200
This is a statement that does not relate logically to what comes before it.
What is "a non sequitur?"
300
asserts that specific courses of action should be instituted as solutions to problems
What is a claim of policy?
300
The following two things are being compared in this metaphor: I got the drunk up [the stairs] somehow. He was eager to help but his legs were rubber.
What are the drunk's legs with rubber?
300
Despite all the problems we're having, Bethel will be an awesome school next year. What kind of sentence is this?
What is periodic?
300
"If you want my final opinion on the mystery of life and all that, I can give it to you in a nutshell. The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination is locked up in the safe" is an example of this.
What is an analogy?
300
This appeal encourages the listener or reader to agree with a position because everyone else does.
What is "bandwagon appeal"?
400
asserts that a condition has existed, exists, or will exist and is based on facts or data that the audience will accept as being objectively verifiable
What is a claim of fact?
400
What two things are being compared in the following metaphor? I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.
What is life with a road?
400
Bethel will be an awesome school next year despite all the problems we're having. What kind of sentence is this?
What is loose?
400
The movie "Duck Soup," which makes fun of people's stupidity and the way power is abused, is an example of this.
What is satire?
400
This type of argument states that a relatively small first step inevitably leads to a chain of related events culminating in some significant impact.
What is "slippery slope"?
500
an attempt to reach an audience by recognizing their needs and values and how these contribute to their decision making
What is motivational appeal?
500
These FOUR things are being compared in the following metaphor: All the world's a stage and men and women merely players.
What is the world with a stage and men and women with players (actors)?
500
Does the following sentence have parallel structure? "I come to bury Caesar, not praise him"
What is "No!"
500
Team America makes fun of every patriotic action movie.
What is parody?
500
This is shifting the attention away from an important issue by introducing an issue that has no logical connection to the discussion at hand.
What is a "red herring" or "two wrongs make a right"?
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