Having or exhibiting self-importance; making a large display of dignity or importance.
What is pompous?
100
In rhetoric, a comparison between two things typically on the basis of their structure for the purpose of explanation or clarification. (For example: When Forest Gump compares life to a box of chocolates.)
What is an analogy?
100
The person or people a speech or piece of writing is intended for.
Who are your audience?
100
This Pixar movie about a young girl's emotions will be in theaters May 2015.
What is Inside Out?
200
An appeal to the credibility of the speaker or subject.
What is Ethos (Ethics)?
200
Feeling or showing anger at perceived mistreatment.
What is indignant?
200
Overly concerned with the rules or details of a topic. Showing off book learning, especially in a tiresome way.
What is pedantic?
200
A person making an argument appeals to her audience by asking them to *do the right thing* and agree with her because she is a good person. This is an example of this type of rhetoric.
What is ethos?
200
This is the most controversial part for fanboys in the new trailer for Star Wars:The Force Awakens movie. (Hint: It's not the black stormtrooper.)
What is the new lightsaber?
300
An argument that is limited or flawed because it is made up on the spot. Literally "for this purpose."
What is Ad Hoc?
300
The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. Literally, "to come before."
What is an antecedent?
300
In rhetoric, it means giving two or more parts successive sentences in a similar form creating a definite pattern.
"Wounds caused by knives will heal, wounds caused by words will not heal."
What is parallelism/parallel structure?
300
The duplication of a sound word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern.
What is repetition?
300
Disney will encourage audiences to see the new live-action Cinderella movie this spring by showing it with a new cartoon with characters from this movie.
What is Frozen?
400
To attack your opponent rather than the argument in question.
What is Ad Hominem?
400
A clause that contains a subject and a verb, but cannot stand on its own.
Hint: Santa's Helper
What is a subordinate clause?
400
In rhetoric, having the main clause or predicate at the end of a sentence to create emphasis. "Because she studied, Juanita passed the test." "In spite of heavy snow and cold temperatures, the game continued."
What is a periodic sentence?
400
A statement that modifies or limits the meaning of a claim. Example: It is not right to lie to people, but it is at times necessary.
What is an qualify/qualification?
400
This movie featuring DC comics villains who come together in a group was recently announced.
What is Suicide Squad?
500
A deductive form of logic that presents two premises that lead to a sound conclusion.
Dogs have four legs.
Spot is a dog.
Therefore, Spot has four legs.
What is a Syllogism?
500
A sentence containing two independent clauses.
What is a compound sentence?
500
When writing a free-response argument in answer to a prompt, the author must choose to do one of the following. (Hint: it's another way of saying agree or disagree.)
What is defend or challenge?
500
The noun or noun phrase that could be the object of an active sentence appears as the subject. "The enemy was defeated by our troops."
What is passive voice?
500
When Sony Pictures emails were recently hacked, it was revealed that a studio head thought this about Angelina Jolie.