Rhetorical Appeals
What rhetorical appeal relies on credibility, character, and trust?
What is ethos?
What type of figurative language compares two things using like or as?
What is a Simile
What does the root bene mean?
What is Good
When someone says the opposite of what they really mean
What is Verbal Irony
The apple don't fall far from...
What is the tree
This type of appeal is created through emotional language.
What is pathos?
What type of figurative language gives human qualities to nonhuman things?
What is Personification?
What does the root junct mean.. as in junction?
What is Join
When what actually happens is different from what is expected
What is Situational Irony
I can show you better than...
What is I can tell you
This rhetorical appeal relies on logic, reasoning, and evidence.
What is logos?
What type of figurative language directly compares two unlike things without using like or as?
What is a Metaphor?
What does the affix -ous, as in cautious
What is full of, or having the characteristics of
A student studies all night, but the test is postponed the next day.
What is Situational Irony
I'm sorry Ms. Jackson
What is "I am for real"
A speaker shares a touching, personal story to connect with the audience. Which appeal is he using?
What is Pathos
What type of figurative language is an extreme exaggeration used for emphasis
What is Hyperbole
Using your knowledge of roots, break down the word predict
What is to say beforehand
In a movie, the viewer knows the villain is hiding in the room, but the main character walks in unaware.
What is Dramatic Irony
You used to call me on my...
What is Cellphone?
As a teacher with 15 years of experience, I have seen how this program improves student success. Which appeal is being used?
What is Ethos
What type of figurative language uses sound words like buzz, crash, or whisper
What is Onomatopoeia
What does the root trem mean - as in tremor.
What is Shake
In a movie, a character is stuck in heavy traffic and says,
“This is the best part of my day.”
What is Verbal Irony
To the left, to the left, everything you own...
What is in a box to the left