Rhetorical Devices
"Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?"
Rhetorical Question
"Albert Einstein said that The Great Gatsby was a bad book, so that's obviously true.
False Authority
What does Trevor compare his relationship with his mom to?
Tom and Jerry
Which plant makes the sailors forget their desire to return home?
Lotus
Koda or Moose
No pain no gain
Antithesis
Name the fallacy:
This week it's Robert E. Lee. I notice that Stonewall Jackson's coming down. I wonder; is it George Washington next week, and is it Thomas Jefferson the week after? You know, you really do have to ask yourself, where does it stop?
Slippery Slope
What tribe is Patricia (Trevor's mother) From?
Xhosa
How is Odysseus able to listen safely to the Sirens’ song?
He has his men tie him to the mast of the ship
How many tattoos do I have?
5
The use of a word to modify or govern two or more words usually in such a manner that it applies to each in a different sense or makes sense with only one
Zuegma
"God exists because the Bible says so, and you can believe the Bible because it's the word of God."
Circular Reasoning
What are the 4 racial groups of south African Apartheid?
White, Black, Coloured, Indian/Asian
Of what did Odysseus’s mother die?
Broken Heart or Grief
What state am I originally from?
Pennsylvania
A figure of speech consisting of the use of the name of one thing for that of another of which it is an attribute or with which it is associated
"My father smoked four packs of cigarettes a day since age fourteen and lived until age sixty-nine. Therefore, smoking really can't be that bad for you."
Hasty Generalization
What is known as "the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc."
Tone
Why does Odysseus stay with Circe for a year?
He becomes her lover
How old am I?
28
Working hard or hardly working?
Chiasmus
"My opponent wants to extend health care to pedophiles, rapists, and murderers using your hard-earned tax dollars."
Straw man
Where does Trevor say he fits in the social/dating scene?
With the Cool guys and their girlfriends, he's the funny guy
What do Telemachus and Odysseus do while the suitors are sleeping?
Hide their weapons
What is my favorite conspiracy theory?
Pandas aren't real