Vocabulary
Grammar & Mechanics
Rhetorical Strategies
Logical Fallacies
Miscellaneous
100
The difference between syntax and scheme?
Syntax= word order Scheme= artful syntx
100
What is the passive voice?
The noun or noun phrase that would be the object of an active sentence (such as "Our troops defeated the enemy") appears as the subject of a sentence with passive voice (The enemy was defeated by our troops").
100
What are the 3 appeals of rhetoric?
1. Ethos (character) 2. Logos (logic/reason) 3. Pathos (emotion)
100
What are logical fallacies?
Common errors in reasoning that will undermine the logic of an argument.
100
The unintentional use of a word that resembles the word intended, but has a very different meaning is known as what?
Malapropism
200
A person or thing that is in direct opposition of someone/something else
What is antithesis
200
What is the (English) -ing form of a verb when functioning as a noun?
Gerund
200
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive claims.
What is anaphora
200
Define "begging the claim."
The conclusion that the writer should prove is validated within the claim.
200
"If we stop requiring men to wear coats and ties in the dining room, pretty soon they'll start coming in dressed in beachwear" is an example of what kind of argument?
Slippery Slope.
300
What is the definition of "premise?"
A proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion
300
What does the term "ibid" signify/mean?
Term used to provide an endnote or footnote citation or reference for a source that was cited in the preceding endnote or footnote
300
Name 2 signals of propaganda
1. Talk of "us vs. them" 2. claims of supremacy 3. claims of absolute supremacy 4. Righteous indignation
300
What move oversimplifies an opponent's viewpoint and then attacks that hollow argument?
Straw Man
300
What are the 5 components of the classical model of arrangement?
1. Introduction 2. Narration 3. Confirmation 4. Refutation 5. Conclusion
400
What is visual rhetoric?
A form of communication that uses images to create meaning, in hopes of persuading an audience, or to construct an argument.
400
"I went to the movies yesterday, bought candy and shopped at the mall" is an example of what?
Loose sentence (begins with main clause, and followed by phrase and/or clauses that modify the main clause).
400
What political rhetoric/propaganda is being utilized by the campaign fettered in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YkvN7GCcTVk
What is card stacking (telling only one side of the story as though there is no opposing view).
400
What is the following argument an example of? “How can you make a decision about someone having marital problems if you’ve never been married yourself?”
Ad Hominem.
400
What is John F Kennedy's "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country" an example of?
Chiasmus.
500
What is the difference between inductive reasoning and deductive reasoning?
Inductive Reasoning= Broad generalizations from specific observations. Deductive Reasoning= Posing a general statement, examining possibilities, and arriving at specific, logical conclusion (Scientific Method).
500
What is the difference between i.e. and e.g?
I.e. stands for id est, "that is" and e.g. stands for exempli gratia, which means "for example."
500
What rhetorical strategy is being used in this quote, and what is the definition: "Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer." (Winston Churchill, address at the Guildhall, 1914)
What is anastrophe: the rearrangement of the syntactically correct order of the subject, verb, & object(s).
500
Define Red Herring.
A diversionary tactic that avoids the key issues, often by avoiding opposing arguments rather than addressing them.
500
How are situational irony and verbal irony different?
Situational irony= Refers to a situation that runs contrary to what was expected. Verbal irony= Refers to the process of stating something but meaning the opposite of what is stated
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