The Triangle
The world-renowned Dr. Tim Wells, author of the Finance Manual, spoke at the Harvard graduation.
ethos
The team won because Tom wore his red shirt today.
faulty cause effect
an alter ego may be referred to as someone's other ________.
persona
The soul in the body is like a bird in a cage.
simile
“Let the whitefolks have their money and power and segregation and sarcasm and big houses and schools and lawns like carpets, …” I know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou
polysyndeton
Statistically speaking, 90% of students who efficiently use Membean improve their vocabulary levels.
logos
Her mom was Ms. America so her daughter will be Ms. America also.
non-sequitir
old-fashioned language may be described as what?
archaic
“It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.”
metaphor
I want to do nothing but sleep, eat, sleep, eat, sleep.
asyndeton
The warmth of the advertisement reminded her of the strong bonds with her mother and grandmother.
pathos
The politician does not want to raise taxes for schools; he must hate children.
strawman
"We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars."
What is this an example of?
epigram
“We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts.”
allusion or metaphor
. “I wish I may; I wish I might.”
anaphora
Who is given credit for the rhetorical triangle?
Aristotle
Bob can't be mayor; he is a jerk and he dresses funny.
Ad Hominem
What is another word for a stereotype or cliche?
trope
High School was a dark chapter if her life.
direct metaphor
The cars do not sell because the engineering is inferior, the quality of materials is inferior, and the workmanship is inferior.
epiphora
what is rhetoric?
the art of speaking persuasively
My Ford had a mechanical problem so all Ford automobiles must be bad cars.
hasty generalization.
something that is divisive may be described as what?
polemic
She ate millions of m&ms which created the explosion in her stomach.
hyperbole
“Success makes men proud; failure makes them wise.”
antithesis