A company chooses to use a celebrity in their advertisement in order persuade you to purchase their product.
What is ethos?
100
She likes to eat chocolate eclairs, take moonlit walks, and sing classical jazz.
What is parallelism?
100
"The earth laughs beneath my heavy feet
At the blasphemy in my old jangly walk"
What is personification?
100
The name of the space shuttle in Reagan's speech
What is "Challenger"?
100
Mr. Storck's height
What is 6'4"?
200
An advertisement for a new car provides you with the gas mileage, horsepower, and acceleration statistics to persuade you to purchase the car.
What is logos?
200
His words were like daggers to her heart.
What is simile?
200
"The student was a sea of troubles."
What is metaphor?
200
This invading country prompted Queen Elizabeth I's "Speech to the Troops at Tilbury"
What is Spain (the Spanish Armada)?
200
Mr. Storck's first name as it appears on his Birth Certificate.
What is Edward?
300
While walking in the city, you notice a poster with a picture of a young, happy child and his dog on it with the caption, "Lost Dog. Please return so Johnny can play with his friend again."
What is pathos?
300
"Is this really the choice you want to make?", The mom said to the teenager she was arguing with.
What is a rhetorical question?
300
“From forth the fatal loins of these two foes”
What is alliteration?
300
MLK mentions he has this many children in his "I Have A Dream" speech.
What is four children?
300
Mr. Storck's hometown
What is Commack?
400
This guy was the first to recognize and coin the term "three modes of persuasion".
Who is Aristotle?
400
"I proudly, and humbly accept your nomination."
What is paradox?
400
“Ready are you? What know of you ready?”.
What is anastrophe?
400
Year of MLK's "I Have A Dream" Speech
What is 1963?
400
College/university that Mr. Storck attended.
What is Stony Brook University?
500
This type of triangle best represents the three modes of persuasion and is has _____ degrees in each angle.
What is an equilateral triangle with 60 degree angles?
500
"I had so much homework last night that I needed a pick up truck to carry all of my books of my books home"
What is hyperbole?
500
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”
What is anaphora?
500
The title of the first TedTalk we watched in class.
What is "How schools kill creativity"?
500
Mr. Storck mentioned that years ago he purchased this product and he deeply regrets ever doing so.