Tone
The author's attitude towards the subject
tone
The overall feeling or emotional response in the reader
Mood
the emotional appeal
an unfounded or irrelevant attack against the person making the argument, rather than attacking the argument itself
ad hominem
What flamingos eat that makes them turn pink
Shrimp
Denotation
The literal meaning of a word
The time and place a story occurs
Setting
the logical appeal
logos
Using irrelevant information to distract and confuse the argument
red herring
Which Nickelodeon show first aired in 1999 that is still running today?
SpongeBob
Giving human qualities to nonliving things
Personification
Hints or clues about a future event in a story
Foreshadowing
the ethical (credible) appeal
ethos
assuming that because two things are alike in one or more ways, they are necessarily alike in some other respect.
false analogy
Name Ms. Judd's favorite soda
Dr. Pepper
The figurative or emotional meaning of a word
Connotation
Using two opposite words to make a new meaning (e.g., passive aggressive)
Oxymoron
logos
substituting a person’s actual position or argument with an exaggerated or distorted version of the position of the argument that is easier to attack.
strawman
The date that all work is due for my class
December 16
Using words that appeal to the five senses
Imagery
a word which creates a sound effect that mimics the natural sound of the thing described
onomatopoeia
Pathos
explains something complicated or multifaceted with a very simple and usually incomplete explanation.
oversimplification
In what year was Pluto demoted from planetary status?
2006