Appeals
Logical Fallacies
Literary Devices
Figurative Language
Syntax
100
All men are mortal. Socrates is a man. Therefore, Socrates is mortal.
What is an appeal to logos?
100
My opponent should not be elected mayor because he had an affair five years ago.
What is ad hominem?
100
strong word choice
What is diction?
100
I am so tired I cannot walk another inch.
What is a hyperbole?
100
Read, Write, Learn.
What is an asyndeton?
200
This rhetorical device often uses "we" to pull the audience into the argument.
What is an appeal to ethos?
200
Bigfoot isn’t real because there is no proof of his existence.
What is circular reasoning/ begging the question?
200
the audience present at a speech/ the intended audience
What is the immediate audience?
200
He is like a mouse in front of the teacher.
What is a simile?
200
here and there and everywhere
What is polysyndeton?
300
“Doctors all over the world recommend this type of treatment.”
What is an appeal to ethos?
300
I have several white friends, and every one of them loves country music. All white people love country music.
What is hasty/ sweeping generalization?
300
the audience not physically present/ the unintended audience
What is the mediated audience?
300
The Wicked Witch of the West went her own way.
What is alliteration?
300
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.
What is parallelism?
400
This appeal functions to form an emotional connection with the audience.
What is an appeal to pathos?
400
I love tomatoes, so I’m going to learn to speak Mandarin Chinese.
What is non-sequitur?
400
telling a short story to illustrate a bigger, more important point
What is using an anecdote?
400
Time and tide waits for none.
What is personification?
400
When Neil Armstrong walked on the moon it might have been one small step for a man but it was one giant leap for mankind.
What is an antithesis?
500
Ad for Subaru airing in 2013: "I’m overprotective... that’s why I got a Subaru." "Love, it’s what makes a Subaru a Subaru."
What is an appeal to pathos?
500
Parent: You need to clean out your backpack. Child: You know I’m ADD! Why can’t you just accept me as I am?
What is a straw-man argument?
500
"I can resist anything but temptation." - Oscar Wilde
What is a paradox?
500
“Shall I Compare Thee to a summer’s Day?”
What is a metaphor?
500
Sometimes we cherish things of little value.
What is an oxymoron?
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