rhetorical terms
comma rules
Argument Terms
Parts of a Story
Characterization
100
appeals to emotion
What is pathos?
100

You need a comma if your subordinate clause (SWABI)is in this position in your sentence

What is the beginning?

100
The sentence that states your position in an argument is called
What is a thesis statement
100

What diagram can be used to represent a story's plot?

What is "story arc" or Fraytag's Pyramid?

100

Term for discovering a character's traits through what they say, think, effect on others, actions, and/or looks.

What is indirect characterization

200
appeals to credibility
What is ethos?
200
You always need a comma and a FANBOY conjunction when you are joining these two things
What are two independent clauses?
200

What do you provide to support your claim?

What is evidence?

200
What are the events called that lead up to the crisis in the story?
What is rising action?
200
Term for a character that shows qualities that contrast with the qualities of another character with the objective to highlight the traits of the other character
What is foil?
300
appeals to logic
What is logos
300
When you're writing out a date, you always need a comma between these two components.
What is the day and month? Friday, January 6th
300
The explanation in argument is called
What is support or warrant?
300
What is it called when the author embeds background information?
What is exposition?
300
Term for a central character in a story, movie, or drama who lacks conventional heroic attributes.
What is antihero?
400
which logical fallacy have you committed if you verbally belittle your opponent?
What is ad hominem?
400
The last comma in a list is called this
What is an Oxford comma?
400
When you acknowledge an opposing perspective, it is called
What is a counterargument?
400
What is the term for the actions that occur after the climax?
What is falling action?
400
Term for a character or a group of characters which stand in opposition to the protagonist or the main character.
What is an antagonist?
500

When advertisers use famous people in their ads, what are they trying to appeal to?

What is ethos/credibility?

500

When can you use a semicolon?

Between two independent clauses that are closely related OR before a middle THAMO

500
When you prove your claim is better than the counterargument, it is called a
What is a rebuttal
500
What is the end of the story called?
What is "resolution" or "denouement"?
500
Name an antihero in any of the texts we've read this semester.
Who is Gatsby?
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