Rhetorical Fallacies
Figurative Language
Poetry
Understanding Reading
Claims and Connections
100
Which rhetorical devise "Leads" a person to give a specific answer? Example: "Drink cold refreshing Pepsi to quench your thirst."
What is Leading question
100
Figure of speech that uses the words "like" or "as" to make comparisons
What is Simile
100
Poetry that mourns the dead
What is Elegy
100
What is the act of retelling, in your own words, a text's main ideas and supporting details
What is summarizing
100
This can be proven with data, observations, and reliable sources.
What is Factual claim
200
Creating a desire to join a large group satisfied with the idea; making one feel left out if not with the crowd.
What is bandwagon
200
Figure of speech that implies comparison
What is metaphor
200
Poetry that tells a story of mythic or national heroes
What is Epic
200
What is "Combining ideas into a single conclusion?"
What is Synthesizing
200
This states a belief, feeling, or value
What is Opinion
300
A conclusion that doesn't really follow from a fact or idea
What is Non Sequitur
300
FIgure of speech that applies human characteristics to non-human objects
What is personification
300
What type of poetry expresses poet's feelings
What is Lyric
300
What is a guess based on information from the text. Connects infromation to make a logical guess.
What is Inference
300
What is a statement that many people assume to be true but which may or may not be so.
What is commonplace assertion
400
First they assume their claim is already proven, then they use the "proven" claim to support itself.
What is circular logic
400
Intentionally exaggerated figure of speech
What is hyperbole
400
This type of poetry tells a popular folk story, often about a local hero.
What is a Ballad
400
What is restating one of the author's main ideas in your own words.
What is paraphrase
400
What is it called when you focus on what text say
What is content links
500
Untrue idea from which an argument develops. If the starting idea is false, the rest of the argument is probable false.
What is Incorrect premise
500
Repetition of an initial consonant sound
What is Alliteration
500
What type of poetry speaks directly to an idea, thing, or person.
What is an Ode
500
This includes a short summary and includes your opinion
What is critique
500
What is it when you focus on how text say what they say
What is Formal links
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