The Craft
The Appeal
The Words and Phones
The Writing CGI
100
What is a subheading?
A title within a piece of writing that is meant to organize the piece of writing into different categories.
100
What is the purpose of a rhetorical appeal?
To help the author/speaker better persuade their audience of something.
100
If two words are synonymous they are:
The same or both words mean the same thing or they are similar enough.
100
What is an example of figurative language?
various answers
200
Name three uses of italics
To emphasize something, when writing the title of a book, when writing the title of an album, and when writing the title of a magazine
200
Name two rhetorical appeals and briefly explain what they do.
Pathos: appeal to the audience's emotions
Logos: appeal to the audience's logic through the use of logic and if, then statements
Ethos: appeal to the audience's ethics by making them trust what you say through the use of statistics, citations, etc.
200
What is the difference between a homophone and a homonym?
Homophone: a pair of words that sound the same but are spelt different.
Homonym: a pair of words that are spelt the same, and sound the same, but they mean different things.
200
What are the purposes of using figurative language?
To emphasize or amplify an idea. It is also used to make something that is complex or abstract easier to understand.
300
What is the difference between headings and subheadings?
Headings are meant to grab your attention. They are the title of something. Subheadings are meant to organize the writing beneath the headings into specific categories.
300
The following sentence is an example of what rhetorical appeal? Why?
If you pay just 5 cents a day, you could help save those poor, lonely, puppies from a life of solitude and misery at the pound.
Pathos. It is directly appealing to your emotions through the use of words like save, poor, solitude, and misery. It makes you feel bad for the puppies. Key word, feel.
300
Name two pairs of synonyms, two pairs of antonyms, two pairs of homophones, and two pairs of homonyms
answers vary
300
The following sentence is an example of what form of figurative language?
The will slept in the innermost corner of his private safe.
personification
400
Define semicolon and use one correctly in a sentence.
A semicolon joins two complete ideas together. The two ideas have to be able to be their own sentences. If either one of them cannot be their own sentence, you cannot use a semicolon.
"I can't wait to go to the party tonight; the music is sure to be amazing.
400
The following is an example of what?
"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury: we have not only the fingerprints, the lack of an alibi, a clear motive, and an expressed desire to commit the robbery… We also have video of the suspect breaking in. The case could not be more open and shut."
logos
400
Identify any homonyms in the following:
It was Frank's first time at bat in the major leagues. On his first swing, he broke a nail, no four. He fell to the ground in agony and felt blood dripping across his palm. He almost rose to his feet, but the pain was too much.
bat, nail, palm, rose
400
What form of figurative language is in the following passage:
After taking the test, you walk out of the room complaining about how badly you scored because you didn't feel like you studied hard enough. You blame both the test and the teacher because of you score. Your teacher looks at you and says, "Well, looks like you tried your best on that one." Which of the following does this scenario best represent?
alliteration and irony
500
Does the following sentence have any errors? Name them if any.
By the time I die I want to visit the following places: Cairo, Egypt; Tokyo, Japan; London, United Kingdom, Sydney, Australia; Los Angeles, California, Denver Colorado; and lastly Dallas; Texas.
Two missing semicolons, one incorrect use of semicolons
500
The following picture is an example of what rhetorical appeal? Why?
Ethos. It is gaining your trust and confidence through the recommendation of dentists.
500
Identify the homophones in the following paragraph:
Mr. Potato head was riding his motorcycle on the right side of the road. This was huge mistake because he was supposed to be on the left. He couldn't hit the brake quickly, and flew right by four cars. His pain was heard aloud as he ate asphalt. It's a good thing he can be put back together again. Right?
right, brake, by, aloud, ate
500
The following sentence is an example of what form (s) of figurative language?
Cookie monster loves cookies so much that he's always able to expand his stomach to be as big as the nine layers of hell to consume cookies, no matter how plump his stomach may be.
alliteration, simile, hyperbole