Figurative Language
Identify the figure of speech:
The wildflowers danced in the morning breeze.
What is personification?
What are the three appeals?
What is ethos, pathos, and logos?
What teacher has been at YC the longest?
Who is Mr. DeDecker?
Name the fallacy:
A logical fallacy that occurs when an argument repeats its conclusion instead of providing evidence. Also known as begging the question.
What is circular reasoning?
Identify the type of phrase in parenthesis:
(The dog) barked loudly in the yard.
What is a noun phrase?
What figure of speech is being used:
EEEEWWW! I saw a mouse run across the floor.
What is onomatopoeia?
Logos is also known as the appeal to...
What is the appeal to logic and reasoning?
What year was YC opened?
What is 2000?
Name the fallacy:
This fallacy occurs when someone mistakenly views a situation as having only two extreme, opposite choices.
What is false dilemma?
Identify the phrase in parenthesis:
(Running through the park), she felt free.
What is a participial phrase?
Identify the figure of speech being used:
Sally sells seashells down by the seashore.
What is alliteration?
Name the appeal being used:
The veterinarian says that a German Shepherd will be a perfect match with our active lifestyle.
What is ethos?
How many sacraments does the Catholic Church have?
What is 7? The seven sacraments are the sacraments of baptism, reconciliation, marriage, holy orders, anointing of the sick, confirmation, and the Eucharist.
Name the fallacy:
What is straw man?
Identify the phrase in parenthesis:
The (tall buildings) in the city are beautiful.
What is an adjectival phrase?
Identify the figure of speech being used:
It is as hot as the Sahara Desert.
What is a simile?
Name the appeal being used:
Smoking will cause your teeth to turn yellow and you can get cancer, so don't smoke!
What is pathos?
What is the name of the bridge that runs across the Colorado River?
What is the Ocean to Ocean Bridge?
Name the fallacy:
(attacking a person’s character)- comes from the Latin term [sticking it] “to the man” and designates an argument that attacks an individual rather than that individual’s opinions or qualifications.
What is Ad Hominem?
Identify the phrase in parenthesis:
He (has been studying) for hours.
What is a verb phrase?
Identify the figure of speech being used:
I am so tired I could sleep for a year.
What is hyperbole?
What Greek philosopher is credited with discovering the three rhetorical appeals?
Who is Aristotle?
What is the vegetable that is mostly grown during the winter in Yuma?
What is lettuce?
Name the fallacy:
a logical fallacy that suggests that a relatively small first step or action will inevitably lead to a chain of related events resulting in a significant (often negative) impact.
What is slippery slope?
Identify the phrase in parenthesis:
(Exhausted from the long day), she fell asleep immediately.
What is an absolute phrase?