Rhetorical Devices
Ethos, Logos or Pathos?
Logical Fallacies
Sentences Types and Structures
Potpourri
100
The following, "How many more people need to fail before we change the way we do things?" obviously doesn't have a true answer.
What is Rhetorical Question?
100
"67.32% of statistics are made up."
What is Logos?
100
"It is illegal because the law says it is illegal."
What is Begging the Question (or circular reasoning)?
100
"This sentence type is easy."
What is Simple?
100
"First make people laugh, and then make them think." This type of writing exposes flaws through humor.
What is Satire?
200
"Oh Love! Why must you tear my heart from my chest and stomp it to bits upon the ground?" This isn't personification but...
What is Apostrophe?
200
You should listen to me because I have been in your shoes. I have suffered as you have suffered. I know your pain.
What is Ethos?
200
"You should never gamble. Once you start gambling you find it hard to stop. Soon you are spending all your money on gambling, and eventually you will turn to crime to support your earnings."
What is Slippery Slope?
200
Like two lines that do not ever touch, the following sentence, "The coach told the players that they should get a lot of sleep, that they should not eat too much, and that they should do some warm-up exercises before the game," has this structure.
What is Parallel?
200
"They read and studied and wrote and drilled. I laughed and played and talked and flunked." This type of construction has a lot of conjunctions in its list.
What is Polysyndeton?
300
"...whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, and we shall fight in the hills"
What is Anaphora?
300
"How can you not buy a Brinks home security system? Do you want your wife and child to be left defenseless?"
What is Pathos?
300
"If I buy this cell phone, all people will love me." Obviously, the conclusion does not follow.
What is Non Sequitur?
300
"The correct response to this is not a 'complex sentence' even though, based on the category, it could be." This type of sentence gives main idea first, then describes it.
What is a Loose Sentence?
300
"All AP Language students are brilliant. You are an AP Lang. student. You are brilliant."
What is a Syllogism?
400
"Those that are 'intellectually challenged' might not get this right."
What is Euphemism?
400
"Since I am a graduate of Harvard, I understand the intricate issues involved with economics..."
What is Ethos?
400
"The Governor's tax proposal should be rejected because he cheated on his wife which makes him immoral."
What is Ad Hominem?
400
"Even though this sentence could be considered complex, 'complex' is not the correct response." This sentence gives the main idea at the end of the sentence.
What is a Periodic Sentence?
400
"This statement is not bad!" is an example of this type of understatement.
What is Litotes?
500
"The orders came directly from City Hall."
What is Metonymy?
500
"Every kiss begins with Kay"
What is Pathos?
500
"Governing a country is like governing a business. Therefore as businessmen are concerned about the bottom line, so must be government officials."
What is False Analogy?
500
"Ask not what your country and do for you; ask what you can do for your country."
What is Chiasmus?
500
"The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world!" reveals a metaphor that uses a part to represent the whole.
What is Synecdoche?
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