Rhetorical Devices
Persuasive Terms
Grammar
Persuasive Examples
Movie Trivia
100
Appeals to the audience's trust of the author/ethical
What is Ethos
100
an image created about a certain group of people
What is a stereotype
100
This sentence is in what voice? "Free online editions have been offered by many newspapers."
What is passive voice
100
The Chewbacca Defense
What is red herring
100
The candy used to lure E.T
What is Reese's Pieces
200
the repeating of words or phrases for emphasis
What is repetition?
200
Something intended to divert attention from the real problem or matter at hand
What is red herring
200
What are the parallel structures in this sentence? "I think that I should get some juice, you should make the pizza, and Marie should decorate the house."
What is "I should get some juice", "you should make the pizza", and "Marie should decorate the house"
200
http://youtu.be/6uFQAqwbwSg
What is bandwagon
200
The first Pixar movie to receive a PG rating
What is The Incredibles
300
Appeals to the reader's emotions
What is pathos?
300
a formal statement testifying to someone's character and qualifications
What is testimonial
300
What is the tense of this sentence, and where is the tense shift? "Sicily is a small island off the tip of Italy. It was about the size of New Hampshire."
What is present, was
300
A student tells the teacher he or she is dying
What is exaggeration
300
Harry Potter's Birthday
What is July 31st
400
appeals to the reader's logic
What is logos
400
representing something as being larger,greater, better, or worse than it really is
What is exaggeration
400
What voice is this sentence? "Most people send more email than paper mail."
What is active voice
400
http://youtu.be/gq_EZjhHaDY
What is testimonial
400
Ed's favorite song in the movie Good Burger
What is "I'm a Dude"
500
a repeating of a grammatical structure to create rhythm
What is parallelism
500
joining others in doing or supporting something fashionable or likely to be successful
What is bandwagon
500
What voice is this sentence? "Lots of things can be done on the Internet"
What is passive voice
500
Martin Luther King Jr. mentions the Declaration of Independence to appeal to what?
What is Logic
500
The motorcycle Sam Flynn drives in Tron and Tron:Legacy
What is a Ducati
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