TDBU
Vocabulary & Literature
Fallacies
Rhetoric
Quotes & Names
100

This was used to rid the children of lice.

What is kerosene?

100

To unite or form a connection or relation between; associate; bond; relationship.

What is "ally"?

100

Provide an example of any of the fallacies.

Mr. Chacon will determine.

100

The appeal which establishes "trust."

What is ethos?

100
Sibling who is self-conscious about scars.

Who is Mago?

200
What this sibling was doing when she obtained scars through injury.

What is "playing hide-and-seek"? (She was injured by broken springs protruding from an old bed.)

200

The students erupted into a ______________ when it was announced that the seniors won "Fantastics," electrifying the atmosphere in the gym.

What is "frenzy"?

200

Fallacy used here: Reyna Grande asserts that if we allow parents to move to El Otro Lado, this will lead to more parents leaving, resulting in the opening of orphanages all over Mexico.

What is slippery slope?

200

Jenner's accomplishment of winning the gold medal at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, Canada established this. 

What is ethos?

200

Make the name Gonzalez into a plural-possessive.

What is Gonzalezes'?

300

The author's hometown and state.

What is Iguala, Guerrero?

300

Grande's book is not an autobiography, it is in this genre.

What is a memoir?

300

Fallacy used here: Elida was telling us how beautiful her quinceañera was going to be, but we didn’t believe her because she’s mean, spoiled, and hasn’t been nice since the day we arrived.

What is ad hominem?

300

Identify all of the appeals used in Norman Spack's TEDTalk.

What are ethos, pathos, and logos?

300

Reyna's grandmother was deceived when Juana refused to name her daughter this.

What is "Regina"?

400

The thing being described here: It was big and smooth, and it looked as if it were covered with a green velvety cloth.

What is "The Mountain That Has A Headache"?

400

The ____________ aroma of fresh hay filled the air as Abuelo Augurio led the horses into the _____________ for the night.

What are "pungent" and "corral"?

400

The feather is light.

What is ambiguity?

400

"Huerfanitos!" or "orphans!"

What is pathos?

400

Who said " . . . there is something more powerful than La Llorona -- a power that takes away parents, not children."

Who is Reyna Grande?

500

Maker of the first Mexican flag.

Who is Jose Magdaleno Ocampo?
500

Kelsey Whitmore was trying to establish this as she pursued playing professional baseball.

What is "credibility"?

500

After reading Reyna Grande's heartbreaking account of her childhood, one cannot possibly look away from the suffering she endured and the pain of family separation.

What is appeal to emotion.

500

The art of persuasion through communication, which can include speeches, literature, advertising, or everyday conversations.

What is rhetoric?

500

Who did Elida sing this song about?: "La calaca, tilica y flaca. La calaca, tilica y flaca."

Who is Carlos?

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