Parts of Speech
What is the verbal in this sentence: She wanted to run to the quiet house and climb into bed.
The 3 means of the rhetorical situation are:
ethos, pathos, logos
She is the wife of Hrothgar
Wealhtheow
According to Socrates in Plato's Apology, what is the job of the rhetor?
To speak the truth.
_____________ is a type of argument that moves from particular evidence to a general conclusion.
Induction
A ______________ is a word that clarifies relations, often of space or time.
Preposition
Adler calls _______________ the "marshaling of reason."
logos
She is the wife of Hygelac
Hygd
___________ is the emotional argument which channels and draws on the emotions of the audience.
Pathos
These are the two types of hypothetical syllogisms
You know what all seven of these are because of the mnemonic FANBOYS
Coordinating Conjunctions
What are the five rhetorical variables?
Speaker, audience, subject, purpose, means
He is the founder of the Scyldings
Scyld Scefing
A _____________, or an elliptical syllogism, leaves out part of the syllogism because it can be supplied by the audience.
Enthymeme
A _____________ is a misleading type of argument.
Fallacy
The ____________________ mood of a verb expresses a condition or circumstance not existing in the present.
subjunctive
Who is Beowulf's audience during his first speech in the poem?
The Watchman
He is the nephew of Hrothgar and Weahltheow.
Hrothulf
What is a sophist?
Someone concerned not with the truth but only with the appearance of the truth.
Latin for "it does not follow," this is a fallacious categorical syllogism.
Non-sequitur
What is the relative clause in this sentence: The oven that she turned all the way up made the house far too hot at such a late hour.
that she turned all the way up
What is the purpose of King Harry's speech from Henry V.
To motivate his soldiers toward honor.
He was Beowulf's father
Ecgtheow
Who defined rhetoric as "the art of soul leading by means of words?"
Plato
What is the proper formula for a modus tollens syllogism?
If p then q.
Not q.
Therefore not p.