SOAPSTone
Elements of Argument
The Art of Persuasion
Rhetorical Devices and Terms
Grammatical Constructs
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Why the text is written? How does it make the audience feel? What does the speaker want the audience think or feel? This is all part of: (A) speaker (B) occasion (C) audience (D) purpose (E) subject (F) tone
What is purpose because it is the reason for writing.
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What is the difference between a major proposition and a minor proposition?
The minor propositions support the main point of the argument which is the major proposition.
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Constructing an argument based on the premise that the writer or narrator has good morals or beliefs is called: (A) ethos (B) logos (C) pathos
What is ethos.
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In the beginning paragraph of a diary entry from the Diary of Samuel Pepys the phrase "But, Lord!" appears. It is an example of: (A) an absolute phrase (B) a prepositional phrase (C) an appositive (D) an exclamation (E) a conjunction
What is D- an exclamation. The whole phrase is not a conjunction, just "but" in E.
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If you were asked to study the way words are put together to form phrases, clauses, and sentences, you would be examining: (A) rhetoric (B) syntax (C) jargon
What is syntax. jargon has to do with technical language of group and rhetoric has to do with using words to persuasion. Persuasion is not mentioned in the definition
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Who is the target of the information being provided. This is an example of: (A) speaker (B) occasion (C) audience (D) purpose (E) subject (F) tone
What is audience or "A"
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This challenges rather than supports a evidence. It's also known as the "other side" of an argument.
What is the counterargument.
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Constructing an argument that appeals to the emotions of your reading audience is called: (A) ethos (B) logos (C) pathos
What is pathos
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In the History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, the second paragraph begins, "I. The art of man is able to construct monuments far more permanent than the narrow span of his existence; yet these monuments, like himself, are perishable and frail; and the boundless annals of time, his life and his labors must equally be measured as a fleeting moment." The paradox is the art of man is: (A) more permanent than his life span (B) both more permanent and fleeting (C) both perishable and frail (D) measured as a fleeting moment (E) like himself
What is (B) both are described as being permanent and fleeting, two opposites
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"The elephants proceeded on their walk, pounding the dry dirt, and swinging their trunks" is an example of what type of sentence: (A) simple (B) compound (C) complex (D) compound-complex
What is a complex sentence containing one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
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What is the difference between the author and the speaker in a text?
What is the voice of the piece that might be different from that of the author for effect.
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What is the aspect of an argument where the writer establishes a belief or claim?
What is the introduction or more specifically the thesis statement
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An argument based on the writer's appeal to logic or sound reasoning is called: (A) ethos (B) logos (C) pathos
What is logos
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"In the full meridian of empire, the metropolis arose with fresh beauty from her ashes; yet the memory of the old deplored their irreparable losses, the arts of Greece, the trophies of victory, the monuments of primitive or fabulous antiquity." the rhetorical device used is: (A) personification (B) asyndeton (C) enumeration (D) apostrophe (E) alliteration
What is personification "the metropolis rose with fresh beauty..."
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"The fire alarm went off, making a loud clanging noise, startling everyone, and causing some people to knock over their chairs" is an example of: (A) loose sentence (B) periodic sentence
What is a loose sentence because the main point is the beginning of the sentence
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This is the general topic, content, and ideas contained in a text.
What is subject or the second "S" in SOAPSTone.
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An argument has to have at least three main elements. What are the three elements?
What is the claim, evidence, and interpretation.
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Which of the following are NOT introductory techniques used to begin a persuasive essay: (A) thesis (B) unusual detail (D) quotation (E) question (F) imperative
What is A and F. Neither are techniques, but both are important aspects of persuasion.
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Which of the following devices is used in the following sentence. "In the days of distress and anarchy, every wound is mortal, every fall irretrievable; nor can the damage be restored either by public care of government, or the activity of private interest." (A) personification (B) asyndeton (C) enumeration (D) apostrophe (E) alliteration
What is asyndeton "every wound is mortal, every fall irretrievable". The conjunction is omitted.
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"Renewable energy resources, like wind, solar, and geothermal, will be the answers to Earth’s energy problems" is an example of: (A) loose sentence (B) periodic sentence (C) sentence fragment
What is periodic sentence as the main point comes at the end of the sentence.
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This is the attitude of the piece that might extend beyond the literal interpretation. Included in this element is diction, imagery, language and syntax.
What is tone or the "Tone" in SOAPSTone
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This is a weak or false interpretation of evidence in an argument
What is a fallacy.
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Which of the following strategies would NOT be used to conclude a persuasive essay: (A) make a prediction (B) make a recommendation (C) pose a question (D) address the "other side" (E) use a quote
What is D. Addressing the "other side" should happen in the body of the essay, not the conclusion.
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In describing a noble ship as "now rigged and fitted and manned," the writer uses: (A) anaphora (B) epistrophe (C) asyndeton (D) polysyndeton (E) antithesis
What is polysyndeton is when more conjunctions are used than necessary for effect.
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"Because the bridge wasn't properly maintained by the government, it fell down" is an example of: (A) simple sentence (B) compound sentence (C) complex sentence (D) compound-complex
What is a complex sentence. It has a dependent clause plus a dependent clause beginning with 'because'.
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