Rhetorical Strategies
Literary Terms and Vocabulary
Dissecting Poetry
Powerful Prose
Bonus
100
Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals are
What is ethos, pathos, and logos?
100
The technical term for personification is
What is Anthropomorphism?
100
Read the stanza below from the poem "Perfect Inhumanity," what two literary techniques is this poem using? Ticker tape life into a single frame Darkness and misery secreted from disdain All distorted tarnished faces sodden with despair Lungs expanded beyond capacity, choking on the air Hollow heads full of sorrow roll in like crimson waves Crashing upon hopeless steely shores with desecrated pain Soaring far from absent shadows into the great abyss Bitter taste of hateful words linger on pursed lips Lacerated tongue, swollen, bleeding from its wounds Inhuman world residing within lanolin cocoons
What is hyperbole and simile?
100
I have, myself, full confidence that if all do their duty, if nothing is neglected, and if the best arrangements are made, as they are being made, we shall prove ourselves once again able to defend our Island home, to ride out the storm of war, and to outlive the menace of tyranny, if necessary for years, if necessary alone. What is the central idea of this quote? What is the purpose of this quote?
What is we will not settle for defeat? What is to encourage ?
100
Rick Hansen's mascot
What is Stormy?
200
How to tell the difference between academic and applied courses on your timetable.
What is the second last digit of the course code?
200
Authors develop tone in their work by choosing words with positive and negative ______________.
What is connotations?
200
The "paragraphs" in a poem are _____________.
What is a stanza?
200
“Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you.” ― Shannon L. Alder What is the central idea of the quote above?
What is people remember you for the affect and impact that you have on their lives. Then you will live on through the memories they share about you?
200
The S in Storm.
What is Stewardship?
300
President Obama argues that Romney cannot decrease the national deficit and lower tax rates (and increase military spending) without burdening the middle class. He asserts that his view has been established by "independent studies" by "the economists who have looked at this." However, he does not actually provide any of the evidence from these studies for us to evaluate. Obama is using what rhetorical strategy? A. Proof Surrogate B. Onomatapea C. Dysphemism D. Loaded Question
What is A. Proof Surrogate?
300
Now look what you’ve done, She pouted In that exquisitely girlish and Lilting soft voice of hers. It’s all red and swollen.… The above is an example of what literary technique?
What is innuendo?
300
In John Donne's "Meditation 17" he writes " No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were: any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." This is an example of what literary technique?
What is an extended metaphor?
300
The first is freedom of speech and expression–everywhere in the world. [84] The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way–everywhere in the world. [85] The third is freedom from want–which, translated into world terms, means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants-everywhere in the world. Franklin D. Roosevelt is using what rhetorical strategy in this excerpt of his speech?
What is epistrophe?
300
The M in STORM.
What is Metacurriculum?
400
1. Which of the following descriptions best captures the difference between a euphemism and a dysphemism? A) A dysphemism is employed to create a negative effect on a reader's attitude, and a euphemism is employed to create a positive effect on a reader's attitude. B) A dysphemism is a form of rhetoric but a euphemism is not. C) A euphemism is employed to create a negative effect on a reader's attitude, and a dysphemism is employed to create a positive effect on a reader's attitude. D) A euphemism is a form of rhetoric but a dysphemism is not. E) Both B and C are correct.
What is A?
400
Calling letters sent through the post office "snail mail" and police officers "pigs" is an example of A. innuendo B. voice C. dysphemism D. stereotype
What is C an innuendo?
400
This line from the poem below is an example of _______________. "September eagerly awaits in the wings of an Autumn stage.."
What is anthropomorphism?
400
The central idea of the text below is that ____________ "Since the beginning of our American history, we have been engaged in change–in a perpetual peaceful revolution–a revolution which goes on steadily, quietly adjusting itself to changing conditions–without the concentration camp or the quick-lime in the ditch. The world order which we seek is the cooperation of free countries, working together in a friendly, civilized society."
What is the democracy throughout the world?
400
The R in STORM.
What is Responsiveness?
500
Now look what you’ve done, She pouted In that exquisitely girlish and Lilting soft voice of hers. It’s all red and swollen.… The above is an example of what rhetorical technique?
What is Math and Gym?
500
__________ is an author's view of the world or a revelation about human nature.
What is theme?
500
What tone is Langston Hughes creating in the following lines? Of black and white black white black people And I'm gonna put white hands And black hands and brown and yellow hands And red clay earth hands in it Touching everybody with kind fingers And touching each other natural as dew
What is hope and communalism?
500
The total number of credits a person must have to receive their Ontario Secondary School Diploma.
What is 30 credits?
500
Rick Hansen Secondary School offers a Specialist High Skills Major in this career path.
What is Manufacturing SHSM.
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