White Noise
The primary fear that haunts Jack throughout the novel.
What is the fear of death
Implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing
What is allusion
Claiming a statement to be true because someone in authority said so
What is appeal to false authority
Located on the top right of each page.
What is last name page number
Used to link two related sentences and indicate a pause
What is a semicolon
This character is Jack's academic colleague and friend who teaches car crashes.
Who is Murray Siskind.
Short story or poem used to represent morals or politics
What is an allegory
Asserting a claim is true because many believe so
What is a bandwagon fallacy
When quoting directly, this is included in the following parentheses
What is an in-text citation? (Last name page number)
When a comma separates two complete sentences
What is a comma splice
The drug that's behind the airborne toxic event.
What is Nyodene Derivative
Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a clause or sentence
What is an anaphora
Assuming that a real or perceived relationship between things means that one is the because of the other
What is false cause (post hoc ergo proper hoc)
This information should be located on the top left of the first page.
What is your name, your professors name, your course name, and the date it's due
Used when referring to a list of things or separating things with prior commas
What is a colon
This recurring setting often represents the consumer culture's grip on modern life.
What is the supermarket
Juxtaposing two different things, such as words, ideas, or qualities
What is an antithesis
What is non-sequitor
The second and subsequent lines of a works cited entry should be formatted like this.
What is a hanging indent
a noun or phrase used to limit or add to another noun or phrase
what is a modifier
White Noise falls under this genre, characterized by loose ends, irony, and parody.
What is postmodern literature
Words, grammatical structures, or concepts repeated in reverse order
What is chiasmus
Occurs when an arguer begins their claim with a controversial position but retreats to a modest and easier-to-defend position when under attack
What is a motte and bailey fallacy
An integration error that occurs when a quote is introduced without explanation or context.
What is a floating or hanging quote
a modifier placed between two verbs that results in ambiguity
what is a squinting modifier