Identifying
Claims
Claims
A claim should be proven with ______.
Evidence
An argument based on facts, evidence, or reasons is known as ___________.
a) Ethos
b) Pathos
c) Logos
d) Rhetoric
LOGOS
Q. How the author organizes the text is....
a) the main idea
b) the theme
c) the problem
d) the text structure
d) the text structure
Feinberg's and Ripley's article were based on what event?
9/11
Q. A comparison of two unlike things using like or as.
a) Analogy
b) Imagery
c) Metaphor
d) Simile
d) Simile
A claim is______.
a) general
b) specific
Specific
Which of the following would be a technique that implements logos?
a) Using pictures of a hurt child
b) Including research
c) Having someone credible who agrees with you
d) Making people laugh
b) Including research
Q. This text structure uses facts and descriptive details to describe a specific topic or idea.
a) cause and effect
b) descriptive
c) compare and contrast
d) sequential order
b) descriptive
Kenneth Feinberg was a _______.
a) Doctor
b) Bank Teller
c) Governor
d) Lawyer
d) Lawyer
A comparison without using like or as is a ___.
a) Simile
b) Metaphor
c) Hyperbole
d) Allusion
b) Metaphor
Identify the sentence as a claim or not a claim.
"Banning semi-automatic weapons would reduce mass shootings."
Claim
What appeal is the following:
"They’ve worked against everything we’ve worked so hard to build, and they don’t care who gets hurt in the process. Make no mistake, they’re the enemy, and they won’t stop until we’re all destroyed."
a) Logos
b) Ethos
c) Pathos
c) Pathos
Q. This text structure shows how two topics are alike and different.
a) compare and contrast
b) problem and solution
c) descriptive
d) sequential order
a) compare and contrast
What was the name of the man who Amanda Ripley used as an example in her article "What is a Life Worth?"
Joseph Hewins
This rhetorical device is used when non-human like objects or ideas are given human qualities.
a) Hyperbole
b) Metaphor
c) Personification
d) Simile
c) Personification
What is a claim?
A claim is the main argument of an essay.
A claim defines the paper's goals, direction, and scope.
What appeal is the following statement using:
"As a doctor, I am qualified to tell you that this course of treatment will likely generate the best results."
a) Ethos
b) Pathos
c) Logos
a) Ethos
Q. This text structure presents information in time order.
a) cause and effect
b) compare and contrast
c) chronological order
d) descriptive
c) chronological order
What does compensation mean in Feinberg and Ripley's Article?
settlements that the families were given who impacted by 9/11
A hyperbole is an exaggeration that is obvious and not supposed to be taken literally.
True or False
True
Claims are like ________.
a) conclusions
b) thesis statements
c) similes
b) thesis statements
What appeal is the following:
"By donating only fifty cents a day, you can help give a child clean drinking water."
a) Ethos
b) Pathos
c) Logos
b) pathos
Q. This text structure explains a problem and shows how it can be or is resolved.
a) descriptive
b) cause and effect
c) problem and solution
d) chronological order
c) problem and solution
What was Feinberg's stance on the main issue of his article "What is the Value of a Human Life?"
Feinberg would like the law to treat all life the same in future cases.
"I am so hungry that I could eat a horse." is an example of a ________.
a) metaphor
b) hyperbole
c) simile
d) euphemism
b) hyperbole