Argumentative
True or false - a strong argument should only use one type of rhetorical appeal.
What is false?
This is the poem equivalent of a sentence.
What is a line?
(From All Summer in a Day)
"The sun is like a flower, that blooms for just one hour."
What is a simile?
This is the reason why the author wrote their text.
What is the author's purpose? (Persuade, inform, entertain.)
This is the restaurant that Ms. Reichard worked at in college.
What is McDonalds?
This is what the author uses to prove their point or build their argument.
What is evidence?
This is the poem equivalent of a paragraph.
What is a stanza?
(From Sonnet 130)
If hair be wires, black wires grow on her head."
What is a metaphor?
This Point of View (POV) uses you/your/yours.
What is 2nd Person POV?
True or false - Ms. Reichard went to Milwee Middle School when she was a kid.
What is false?
This is a flaw or a mistake in an argument.
What is a fallacy?
This is when you track the last word of every line in the poem, and see which ones sound the same. Most poems have these sounds follow some sort of pattern.
What is rhyme scheme?
(From All Summer in a Day)
"Thousands upon thousands of days, compounded and filled from one end to the other with rain."
What is a hyperbole?
This is a story that explains why something happens in nature. Some of the most well known come from Ancient Greece!
What is a myth?
This is the high school Ms. Reichard graduated from. (Hint - it's in Seminole County!)
What is Oviedo High School?
Name the three types of rhetorical appeals.
What is ethos, logos, and pathos?
This is the amount of times you pause when saying a line in a poem. When used correctly, it adds a sense of rhythm to the poem.
What is syllable count?
(From Malala)
"I was named after the inspirational Malalai of Maiwand, who is the Pashtun Joan of Arc."
What is an allusion?
When someone isn't being fair or neutral in an argument.
What is biased?
Who is Bingo?
This is where you address the other side of the argument, but also prove why they're wrong.
What is a counterclaim?
This style of poetry was preferred by Shakespeare, and has 14 lines.
What is a sonnet?
(From All Summer in a Day)
"The rain had washed out the blue from her eyes, and the red from her mouth, and the yellow from her hair."
What is imagery?
Fill in the blank:
Third Person _____
This word means many views or many sights. It's when the story follows the POV of multiple characters.
This is Ms. Reichard's go-to Starbucks drink.
What is the Pink Drink?