Literary Devices
This is an example of what figure of speech?:
The floors grumbled with despair when the tenants used a subpar cleaner.
What is personification?
This is the main argument or claim presented in the introduction of the essay, guiding the direction of the paper.
What is the thesis statement?
This is a model that describes the relationship between the three key elements of persuasive communication:ethos, pathos, and logos
What is the Rhetorical Triangle?
This is a term used to describe a social group of people who share a common cultural identity.
What is Ethnicity?
This is the unfair or prejudicial treatment of people based on their perceived or actual membership in a group or category.
What is discrimination?
This is an example of what literary device?:
Haut hopes every hungry student has hazelnuts and hummus.
What is alliteration?
This sentence appears at the beginning of a paragraph and introduces the main idea or point that will be developed in that paragraph.
What is a topic sentence?
This type of rhetorical appeal is often used in political speeches to stir emotions like fear, pride, or sympathy to influence the audience’s decisions.
What is pathos?
This is "any group of people who, because of their physical or cultural characteristics, are singled out from the others in the society in which they live for differential and unequal treatment, and who therefore regard themselves as objects of collective discrimination.”
What is a minority group?
This is a type of prejudice and discrimination used to justify inequalities against individuals by maintaining that one racial category is somehow superior or inferior to others; it is a set of practices used by a racial dominant group to maximize advantages for itself by disadvantaging racial minority groups.
What is racism?
This device involves giving hints or clues about events that will occur later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
This is a phrase or sentence that introduces a quote, providing context for the reader and making the integration of the quote smoother.
What is a lead-in to a quote?
An advertisement for a medicine featuring a doctor speaking about its benefits is an example of this type of rhetorical appeal.
What is ethos?
This is a grouping of humankind based on shared physical or social qualities that can vary from one society to another.
What is race?
This is a type of racism that involves economic inequality or social disparity caused by past racism.
What is Historical Racism?
This figure of speech compares two unlike things using "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
In an ACES paragraph, this part provides textual evidence, often in the form of a quote or specific detail, to support the answer.
What is the "Cite" (or citation)?
A charity commercial showing sad images of homeless animals is primarily using this appeal to persuade the audience.
Pathos
These are oversimplified generalizations about groups of people.
What is a stereoype?
This is a form of racism, in which someone believes one type of skin tone is superior or inferior to another within a racial group.
What is colorism?
This is a figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear together, such as "jumbo shrimp" or "deafening silence."
What is an oxymoron?
These are the four stages of the writing process that Mrs. Haut requires in the argumentative essay due when we get back from break.
What is brainstorming, outline, rough draft, and final draft?
A climate scientist presents data and statistics on global warming to argue for more environmental regulations. This is an example of using this appeal.
What is logos?
This refers to the beliefs, thoughts, feelings, and attitudes someone holds about a group that is not based on personal experience.
What is prejudice?
This is also called structural racism or institutional racism, in which systems and structures have procedures or processes that disadvantage racial minority groups.
What is systemic racism?