Rhetorical Appeals
The type of rhetorical appeal that appeals to a person's emotions and feeling.
What is Pathos?
An exchange of diverging or opposite views, typically a heated or angry one
What is an Argument?
This technique creates tension by providing a moment for the reader to perk up his/her ears because the story is about to get good
What is Things Are Not as They Seem?
A commercial claims that a specific brand of cereal is the best way to start the day because athlete Michael Jordan says that it is what he eats every day for breakfast.
What is the Appeal to authority?
the most common type of sentence; a statement of an idea or argument
What is a declarative sentence?
is an error in reasoning or a false assumption that might sound impressive but proves absolutely nothing
What are logical fallacies?
to state or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof
Claim?
technique that creates tension by setting up a disaster the protagonist attempts to avoid by accomplishing a goal.
What is The clock is ticking?
Everyone is going to get the new smart phone when it comes out this weekend.
What is Bandwagon?
expresses force or a strong emotion and end with an exclamation point
What is a Exclamatory sentence?
the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing
What is Rhetoric?
a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification
What is an Analogy?
It functions by revealing information that hints at something but withholds the information that could explain what that something is.
What is Foreshadowing
If we allow the children to choose the movie this time, they are going to expect to be able to choose the school they go to or the doctors they visit.
What is the Slippery Slope?
gives advice or instructions or expresses a request or a command
What is an Imperative sentence?
ethical strategies (the modes of persuasion) that classify the speaker's appeal to the audience. These include logos, ethos, and pathos
What is a Rhetorical appeal?
a comparison between two things that are not alike but share only some common property (i.,e. metaphors and similes)
What is a Figurative analogy?
If the first few lines don’t captive the reader, don’t hold the reader’s attention, the story can’t progress – no one reads it!
What is A Powerful Opening Line?
You're either with us or against us.
What is False Dilemma?
asks a question and always ends with a question mark
What is an Interrogative sentence?
What type of logical fallacy is this? "As a doctor, I am qualified to tell you that this course of treatment will likely generate the best results."
What is Ethos?
the action of proving a statement or theory to be wrong or false
What is a Refutation?
Writing a question acts at the hook that crabs the reader’s attention
What is The Forward Motion of a Question?
You cannot prove that aliens exist therefore they do not.
What is an Appeal to ignorance?
What sentence type is this? "Move out of my way"
What is an Imperative sentence?