Persuasive Vocabulary
MLK
Bush
Lesson 1 Vocab
Lesson 2 Vocab
100
attempting to change someone’s point of view
What is persuasion?
100
The occasion that prompted this speech.
What is The March on Washington?
100
The occasion that prompted George Bush to make this speech.
What is 9/11 attacks?
100
The _____ political parties degenerated into quarreling splinter groups
What is factious?
100
The minotaur, a half-man, half-bull creature, lurked within the winding passages of the _______.
What is labyrinth?
200
a spoken, written, or visual text that expresses a point of view
What is an argument?
200
America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned …America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds." But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt.
What is pathos? (using a metaphor)
200
I implemented our government's emergency response plans. Our military is powerful, and it's prepared. Our emergency teams are working in New York City and Washington, D.C., to help with local rescue efforts.
What is ethos?
200
Louie the Lip squealed on the mob and is now hidden under the ____ of the witness protection program
What is aegis?
200
The skilled debater made an opponent’s point appear to be the _______ of what he meant.
What is antithesis?
300
using facts, evidence, and reason to get the audience to accept a claim. (logic, numbers/data, history, science)
What is logos?
300
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
What is logos? (historical facts)
300
Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.
What is pathos? (metaphor)
300
The wealthy heir took ____ for granted and never learned how to support himself financially.
What is opulence?
300
Meticulous authors obsess about mistakes and enjoy making ________ before their books are printed.
What is emendation?
400
establishing credibility; appeals to values
What is ethos?
400
Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quick sands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood
What is pathos? (using metaphors)
400
These acts of mass murder were intended to frighten our nation into chaos and retreat. But they have failed. Our country is strong. A great people has been moved to defend a great nation.
What is ethos? (appeals to "great people")
400
After sitting on the road for two days, the deer had become ____ and only to the vultures was it fit to eat.
What is carrion?
400
Overcome by _______, Hortense blushed and backed out of the room.
What is chagrin?
500
generating emotions in audience to influence their thinking; may use figurative language (pity, fear, flattery)
What is pathos?
500
This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.
What is pathos? (metaphor-- symphony of brotherhood)
500
And I pray they will be comforted by a power greater than any of us spoken through the ages in Psalm 23: "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me."
What is pathos? (religion = emotional response)
500
Since life is_____ , it should be lived to the fullest every moment.
What is ephemeral?
500
Jealousy made Aaron an obvious _________ between his former girlfriend and the personal trainer.
What is impediment?
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