Rhetoric
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The Essays
Sentence Types & Grammatical Structure
Wild Card
100

The intentional emphasis on word order and sentence structure.

What is syntax?

100
A set of similarly structured words, phrases, or clauses.
What is parallelism
100
After reading the materials for 15 minutes, this is how long you have to write your essays.
What is 2 hours (120 minutes)?
100

"They filled in bubbles, and they wrote essays" is an example of this type of sentence.

What is a compound sentence?

100

Setting off part of a sentence with this punctuation provides a conversational tone while at the same time providing more detail about something in the sentence. 

What is the em-dash? 

200

When a writer appeals to the audience's sense of logic and reason, making clear, logical connections between ideas, and includes the use of facts and statistics.

What is an appeal to logos?

200

establishing a logical argument

What is an appeal to logos?

200
For this essay, you probably will not have any direct quotes from outside sources, unless you have them memorized.
What is the Argument Essay?
200
"They studied for the AP exam, they drempt about the AP exam, and they took the AP exam" is an example of this type of sentence.
What is parallel sentence?
200
Placing contrasting images side by side.
What is juxtaposition?
300
When a writer appeals to their audience's feelings & values

What is an appeal to pathos?

300
Unusual word choice, such a regional dialect, archaic language, and powerful connotations.
What is diction?
300
This is all you need to mention when citing a source in your Synthesis Essay.
What is the author's last name OR the source letter?
300

"The students all scored a 5 on the AP exam, leaving Mrs. Joynson in a state of stunned shock, and the students even more shocked because they all believed they had failed" is an example of what type of sentence?

What is a loose sentence?

300

An author discussing his or her own experiences to strengthen the argument is using this mode of persuasion as a rhetorical strategy.

What is an appeal to ethos?

400

Speaker, Purpose, Audience, Context, Exigence

What are parts of the rhetorical situation?

400
The speaker's attitude towards a subject that is conveyed through imagery and figurative language.
What is tone?
400
Every essay should include this as the last sentence of your introductory paragraph that tells what the focus of the essay with be.
What is a thesis statement?
400
"Through much studying and stress, the students all did well on the AP exam" is an example of what type of sentence?
What is a periodic sentence?
400
These are the types of evidence you should use in an argument essay. Give THREE.
What is current events, historical events, literary, pop culture (music, movies, tv), sports?
500

Use of an anecdote to begin a piece of writing.

What is an appeal to pathos, logos, or ethos? (depends on the context)

500

a claim, evidence, and commentary connecting them

What is line of reasoning?

500

The prompt that requires you to analyze and explain how an author gets across a message

What is question 2, the rhetorical analysis essay?

500
"I went to the bookstore and asked the saleswoman where the self-help section was. She told me that if she told me, it would defeat the purpose." This is the noun or phrase that the pronoun "she" refers to.
What is an antecedent?
500

Red Herring, appeal to tradition, slippery slope, & false cause and effect, to name a few. 

What are logical fallacies? 

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