Readings/Lectures
Rhetorical Theory
USC Trivia
Potpourri
Our Class
100
This is a type of biased information that tries to make you avoid critical thinking.
What is propaganda?
100
This term is the study of how people persuade and give their opinion to others.
What is Rhetoric?
100
At the University of South Carolina, undergraduate students are pursuing this degree type.
What is a Bachelor's degree?
100
("AI") In England & other parts of Europe, corn is commonly referred to by this name, borrowed from Spanish.
What is maize?
100
This is the main way to reach your professor outside of class.
What is an email?
200
In Holmes' essay entitled "A Girl, a Shoe, a Prince", what folktale is the center of her analysis?
What is Cinderella?
200
This originally Greek term is a rhetorical appeal to logic, reason, and bodies of established knowledge.
What is Logos?
200
This school bares the name of a famous female businesswoman after a big donation of 45 million dollars.
Who is Darla Moore?
200
(Idioms & Expressions) Legally, it means so visible that the cops didn't have to search to find it; something obvious is "hiding" there
What is "in plain sight"?
200
The formatting style we use predominantly in this class.
What is MLA formatting?
300
This type of analysis looks at how an argument is given.
What is a rhetorical analysis?
300
In an argument, good claims are usually supported by this type of information.
What is evidence? Acceptable: Facts
300
In 2014, this vice-president of the United States received an honorary doctorate and delivered the commencement speech.
Who is Joe Biden? 
300
(Starts with "P") Also known as the caveman diet, it's a shortened word for a diet that emphasizes lean meats & veggies
What is the paleo diet?
300
This is the number of sources used in the rhetorical analysis paper?
What is one?
400
In Margaret Atwood's "Debtor's Prism," she uses this literary character from the Christmas Carol, to understand the psychology of debt.
Who is (Ebenezer) Scrooge?
400
Paraphrasing, quotations, and summaries all require this, to avoid plagiarism.
What is a citation?
400
This famous rock and country singer songwriter started his band Hootie & the Blowfish here at USC where he is the lead vocalist.
Who is Darius Rucker?
400
(Resistance is Futile) This canvas over-garment will make you keep your hands to yourself, but one used by Houdini sold for nearly $50,000 in 2011
What is a straitjacket?
400
This is the due date for the Annotated Bibliography.
What is March 22, 2024 by Midnight?
500
DAILY DOUBLE:
These two Greek words means to break things apart and then putting them back together.
What are analysis and synthesis?
500
In Stasis theory, this is established ideas that an argument is built upon.
What are facts?
500
Built in 1840, the Robert Mills-designed building was the first free standing college library in the country.
What is the South Caroliniana Library?
500
(Suffixes) It's a very short, Arabic-influenced suffix that makes a demonym (a nationality noun) from Yemen or Pakistan.
What is -i? (Yemeni, Pakistani)
500
This is the number of unexcused absences without incurring a penalty on your final grade.
What is two unexcused absences?
600
In Donna Cross' "Propaganda: How not to be Bamboozled," describes this type of argument that attacks a person's character rather than their position.
What is an argumentum ad hominem, or ad hominem?
600
This original greek term, originating from Aristotle, describes the character or credibility of the speaker as a means of persuasion, highlighting one of the three modes of persuasion alongside pathos and logos.
What is ethos?
600
The University of South Carolina School of Law became named after this prominent plaintiffs attorney following 30 million dollar donation.
Who is Joseph F. Rice?
600
(13-letter words) It's another name for a bachelor's degree
What is a baccalaureate?
600
Latin for "Seize the day!"
What is Carpe Diem?