Persuasion
Figurative Language
Sentence Structures
Analogies
Parallel Structure
100
"Million of women are using the new Mineral make-up foundation" This is an example of which persuasive technique?
What is bandwagon?
100
The children were roses grown in concrete gardens, beautiful and forlorn. This is an example of which type of figurative language?
What is metaphor?
100
Noun phrases that identify adjacent nouns or pronouns.
What is an appositive?
100
Rich is to Money as Well is to________.
What is Health.
100
Using similar words to demonstrate that two or more ideas have the same level of importance.
What is parallel structure?
200
The Nikon commercials with Ashton Kuchar snapping shots at a party is an example of which advertising technique?
What is Avante-Garde?
200
When John won the lottery he began living high on the hog. The phrase "high on the hog" is an example of which type of figurative language?
What is idom
200
Rewrite the sentence correctly: William loved visiting Montreal Sally preferred just to stay in Quebec.
What is William loved visiting Montreal. Sally preferred just to stay in Quebec. William loved visiting Montreal; Sally preferred just to stay in Quebec. William loved visiting Montreal, but Sally preferred just to stay in Quebec. William loved visiting Montreal; nevertheless, Sally preferred just to stay in Quebec.
200
Small is to Petite as Large is to _______.
What is Giant.
200
John likes to laugh, run, and to eat. Is this sentence an example of parallel structure?
No.
300
My father's love truly does live on. Through my mother, sister, and me, his love continues through our words and actions. The people my dad touched during his life also carry on his love. But even more tangibly, there are four strangers who are now aware of my father's immense spirit of love. For my father, the display of love did not cease when his heart did. His love continues to this day in the very lives of four strangers: the recipients of my dad's heart, live, kidneys, and pancreas. This paragraph is an example of which persuasive appeal?
What is Pathos
300
Patty drank from a bottomless glass of Kool-Aid. This is an example of which type of figurative language?
What is hyperbole?
300
John, a young boy from the farm, had a difficult time making the adjustment to city life. What is the appositive phrase?
What is "a young boy from the farm"?
300
Creek is to _______ as Hill is to Mountain
What is River?
300
The store clerk rang up his customer quickly and efficient. Rewrite this sentence in parallel structure.
The store clerk rang up his customer quickly and efficiently.
400
"Four out of five dentists recommend Trident for their patients who chew gum." This is an example of which persuasive technique AND persuasive appeal?
What are facts and figures and ethos?
400
Sarah heard the last piece of cheesecake in the refrigerator calling her name. This is an example of which type of figurative language?
What is personification?
400
Put these parts of the sentence in order: a. and the jingle of trace chains b. was louder c. drag of brakes d. the sound of the approaching grain teams e. thud of big hooves on hard ground
What is The sound of the approaching grain teams was louder, thud of big hooves on hard ground, drag of brakes, and the jingle of trace chains.
400
Sit is to Sat as _____ is to Brought
What is Bring.
400
Jacob thought the cartoon was unexciting, childish, and too long. Is this correct?
yes.
500
Paul Hawken, an author and longtime environmental activist, said the current boom in earth-friendly products offers a false promise. “Green consumerism is an oxymoronic phrase,” he said. He blamed the news media and marketers for turning environmentalism into fashion and distracting from serious issues. This paragraph is this an example of which persuasive appeal?
What is Ethos?
500
Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor The poem "Mother to Son" uses a metaphor. What is Langston Huges REALLY talking about in this poem?
What is a hard life?
500
Alicia goes to the library and studies every day. This is an example of what kind of sentence?
What is simple.
500
Lion is to _______ as Book is to Bookcase.
What is Cage.
500
You think both singing and dancing are important. Rewrite this sentence in parallel structure.
The sentence is written in parallel structure.
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