The Stuff of Mad Men: Ethos, Pathos, Logos
Playing on Words
Rhetoric & Stuff
Structurally Sound
On purpose
100

To elicit emotion is to use

What is, Pathos?

100

The Denotation of a word is this

What is, Dictionary Defintion ?

100

Syntax means this:

What is, "Sentence Structure"?

100

Mrs. McMann will now show a graphic written in THIS Nonfiction text structure

What is, Classification and Division?

100

An author's reason for writing something is known as this

What is, author's purpose?

200

To rely on logic is to use

What is, Logos?

200

The Connotation of a word is this

What is, the emotion of a word?

200

One might ask this type of question when they don't really want an answer

What is, Rhetorical?

200

If I wanted to buy a stove, I might look to consumer reports which is typically structured in this

What is, Compare & Contrast?

200

JK Rowling wrote the Harry Potter series-- a series of stories about a boy wizard and his adventures at school-- for this purpose:

What is, to entertain?

300

Mrs. McMann will now play a Sprite commercial using this rhetorical appeal

What is, Ethos?

300

Diction means this

What is, word choice?

300

Similar to a math concept, when sentences have similar structure we would call it

What is parallel / parallelism / parallel structure?

300

Realtor websites, football games, and sight seeing tours are structured like this

What is, Spatial Order?

300

In general, the news' purpose is meant to _____ the public about current events

What is, inform?

400

Typically, ASPCA commercials rely on this appeal:

What is, Pathos?

400

The denotation of this word is the opposite meaning of "negative"

What is, positive?

400

Asking for one's mother like the following phrase would be an example of this rhetorical strategy:

"Mom... Mom... MOM!!!!"

What is, Repetition? 

400

DAILY DOUBLE!!! 

CHOOSE NUMBER OF POINTS TO WAGER. CORRECT-- WIN THOSE POINTS. INCORRECT, LOSE POINTS.

Ariana Grande is having a lot of issues in life, but she has "one less problem" without "you". Her song is structured as this

What is, Problem and Solution?

400

When we write letters to elected officials to make a change in society, our purpose is most likely to be this

What is, to persuade?

500

Mrs. McMann will now play the following commercial with THIS rhetorical strategy in use:

What is, Logos?

500

The connotation of the word "SAD" is lesser than this word beginning with the letter "M"

What is, "Miserable?" OR "Melancholy?"

500

Consider the following sentences:

"Dad, I really like your shirt." and "I really like your shirt, Dad"

These are two different forms of this rhetorical strategy:

What is, Syntax?

500

The students didn't study, therefore they failed the test. This previous sentence is structured as 

What is, Cause and Effect?

500

"The apple was red, big, and shiny." This sentence is an example of this purpose:

What is, to describe?

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