Appeal to me!
Rhetorical Devices
Syntax
Tone Words
Figuratively Speaking
100
Using facts or statistics creates this appeal
What is logical appeal?
100
Representing objects, actions and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses.
What is imagery
100
Explain the difference between repetition and anaphora
Anaphora is the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive sentences. Repetition is when a word or phrase is repeated throughout the whole piece.
100
Synonym for "didactic"
What is informative?
100
"I would have given anything for the power to soothe her frail soul, tormenting itself in its invincible ignorance like a small bird beating about the cruel wires of a cage."
What is simile?
200
When the author makes him/herself seem credible or believable
What is ethos?
200
Technique/genre employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule.
What is satire?
200
"We beg no longer. We entreat no more. We petition no more. We defy them" is an example of what synactical structure?
What is anaphora?
200
Synonym for "flippant"
What is angry?
200
The woods are getting ready to sleep—they are not yet asleep but they are disrobing and are having all sorts of little bed-time conferences and whisperings and good-nights
What is personification?
300
When the author makes the audience feel "pity" or "anger" towards the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
What is emotional appeal (pathos)
300
A short and amusing or interesting account depicting a real incident or person.
What is anecdote?
300
"That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind" is an example of___
What is antithesis?
300
Synonym for "sullen"
What is depressing or despairing?
300
I had to wait in the station for ten days-an eternity.
What is hyperbole?
400
"Doctors all over the world recommend this type of treatment" utilizes this type of appeal.
What is ethos (credibility)?
400
a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect
What is antithesis?
400
"Dorothy survived a tornado, crash-landed in a foreign land, travelled across a vast countryside, and defeated an evil witch" is an example of what syntactical structure?
What is parallel structure?
400
Synonym for lyrical?
What is soothing or romantic?
400
This place is like a Garden of Eden.
What is allusion (biblical)
500
Explain how all three appeals are present in the following: "I have to tell you that if you don't stop smoking, you're going to die, " said the doctor to her patient"
What is: ethos (it's a doctor); pathos (you're going to die); logos (cause and effect - if you don't stop you're going to die)
500
a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.
What is allusion?
500
What TWO syntactical structures are found in the following example? "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair."
What is antithesis AND anaphora?
500
Synonym for sanguine?
What is hopeful or confident?
500
His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead
What is alliteration?
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