Unit 1: Persuasion
This type of persuasive technique use logic to make a point.
Logos
A literary technique used to hint at future events in a story
Foreshadowing
Who is the main character of Fahrenheit 451?
Guy Montag
A story that is based on fact.
Non-fiction
A judgment or oversimplification of a person or issue.
Stereotype
Name three places where you can find persuasion
Advertisements, News, and Politics
Why do we use literary techniques?
To make reading and writing more colorful and interesting
A society that is a thriving paradise or a perfect world.
Utopia
A story that is meant to be funny.
Comedy
All communications technology; all human thoughts, ideas and communication technology.
Media
Why do we use persuasion?
To convince people to change their opinion on something.
A literary technique that describes something using like or as
Simile
The name of an American screenwriter and playwright who specialized in dystopian stories.
Ray Bradbury
A radio drama by Lucille Fletcher
Sorry, Wrong Number
A blog used to represent the intricate lives of the local people.
Humans of New York
This persuasive technique uses credibility to make a point
Ethos
A word that sounds like the sound it makes
Onomatopeia
What does TV symbolize in the story?
Isolation
Why do people enjoy suspense in stories?
It leaves them in anticipation for what is going to happen next.
Canadian professor, philosopher, and public intellectual.
Herbert Marshall McLuhan
Who was the most visible spokesperson in the civil rights movement from 1954 to 1968?
Martin Luther King Jr
A literary technique that gives human qualities to animals or nature
Pathetic Fallacy
What is the significance of book burning?
The destruction of knowledge
What is it when the audience knows what is going to happen in a story, but the character doesn't?
Dramatic Irony
A longing or fond remembrance of the past.
Nostalgia