10th Grade Vocab
Movie Quotes
Things We've Read So Far 10th and 11th
11th Grade Vocab
Rhetorical Appeals
100

A rhetorical appeal to the audience's reason or rationality

What is "Logos"

100

"If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball."

What is "Dodgeball"

100

What is the name of Washington's last speech to the nation?

What is "Farewell Address"

100

To stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick

What is "Goad"

100

A famous actor holding a Coca-Cola in a commercial.

What is "Ethos"

200

An ancestor in the direct line

What is "Progenitor"

200

“You’re killin’ me, Smalls.”

What is "The Sandlot"

200

Who did Jupiter Hammon write his poem to in "An address to miss _______ _______"

Who is "Phillis Wheatley"

200

To express a negative opinion of

What is "disparage"

200

You could save 15% or more on car insurance by switching to Geico.

What is "Logos"

300

Characterized by intense emotion

What is "Fervent"

300

"Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."

What is "Forest Gump"

300

Washington believed it is impossible or very unlikely to have morals without ________.

What is "Religion"

300

Not held back by conventional ideas of behavior

What is "Brazen"

300

A smiling family opening Christmas presents next to a beautifully decorated fireplace. 

What is "Pathos"

400

An example of this word is referring to one part  to represent the whole (like saying "wheels" meaning the whole car)

Synecdoche

400

'Greater good?' I am your wife! I'm the greatest *good* you are ever gonna get!

What is "The Incredibles"

400

Why is spiritual freedom and not physical freedom a recurring theme in Jupiter Hammon's poetry.

Jupiter Hammon was a slave and never received his freedom.

400

Someone who will not change their belief on an issue no matter how much evidence you provide may be described as _______.

What is "Dogmatic"

400

The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.

What is "Pathos"

500

This is a non-example or "faulty" version of this rhetorical device: The cake was baked, frosted, and I put sprinkles on it.

What is Parallelism?

500

"Which would be worse, to live as a monster or to die as a good man?"

What is "Shutter Island"

500

Puritan's sought to differentiate themselves from the Church of England because why?

What is "They believed the English church was too similar to Roman Catholicism and needed further reform"

500

An soldier in boot camp will give __________ detail to making his bed to avoid being yelled at by his drill instructor.

What is "Fastidious"

500

This is an example of the 4th rhetorical appeal: Waiting to tell your parent you got a D on your test until after your sibling shows your parent they got an F

What is "Kairos"

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