Make Your Case
What term names the strategic use of language to persuade, inform, or influence an audience?
Rhetoric
Which vocabulary word describes someone who can express ideas clearly and effectively?
Articulate
What do we call writing that uses humor, exaggeration, or irony to expose a flaw in society or power?
Satire
Which land is famous for its tiny inhabitants?
Lilliput
Which rhetorical appeal is strongest when Queen Liliʻuokalani emphasizes her lawful authority over Hawaiʻi?
ETHOS
Which appeal focuses on credibility, trust, and character?
Ethos
Which vocabulary word means to do what you're asked or ordered to do?
Comply
Which satirical technique uses extreme overstatement to make a serious point easier to see?
Exaggeration
Which land is known for giants?
Brobdingnag
In Mandela's testimony, what is the first path out of poverty he identifies?
Education
Which appeal focuses on emotions and shared values?
Pathos
Which vocabulary word means very large in quantity, size, or extent?
Prodigious
What is it called when a writer sounds "reasonable" on the surface but actually means the opposite?
Irony
In the Lilliput–Blefuscu dispute, what common breakfast food becomes a symbol for political conflict?
Egg
Douglass argues people are never fully "self-made" because humans depend on what?
Society
What do you call the opposing viewpoint you present fairly before you refute it?
Counterclaim
Choose the best vocab word: "During a long road trip, they took a short ____ in one city before continuing."
Sojourn
In Swift's satire, what major social problem is shown through repeated images of parents and children begging?
Poverty
The novel repeatedly challenges readers by asking what it truly means to be "_____."
Civilized
Paine argues that no foreign country will help the colonies as long as the conflict looks like subjects rebelling against their king. What does he say the colonies must do first to get foreign support?
Declare independence
What do you call the part where you explain why the opposing viewpoint is wrong or incomplete?
Rebuttal
Which vocabulary word means to form an opinion with little evidence?
Conjecture
What deeper harm is exposed when human lives are reduced to numbers, 'solutions,' or property?
Dehumanization
What attitude does Swift criticize when leaders trust “improvements” or technology automatically, without considering real-life results?
Blind Faith
In one word, what kind of document is Liliʻuokalani presenting against the treaty?
Protest