Rhetorical Devices
Appeal to Ethics, Emotion, and Logic.
What is Ethos, Pathos, and Logos?
Having conflicting feelings about something.
What is ambivalent?
a. Greek yogurt is an excellent source of calcium and protein, and it contains 120 calories.
b. Greek yogurt is an excellent source of calcium and protein, and contains 120 calories.
B
The moon which was not quite full cast eerie shadows on the lawn and the side of the house.
The moon, which was not quite full, cast eerie shadows on the lawn and the side of the house.
Attributing human characteristics to objects or conditions is called...
What is personification?
Comparing things using the word "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
Confirm, establish as genuine, proven to be true.
What is substantiate?
The new department store on Olive Avenue is better than on Magnolia Street.
"...the one on Magnolia Street."
Professional athletes because of the wear and tear on various joints are prone to develop arthritis in later life.
Professional athletes, because of the wear and tear on various joints, are prone to develop arthritis in later life.
A fallacy is the same as a:
a. uncommon theory
b. false belief
c. misunderstanding
d. possible solution
B. false belief
Explains one thing in terms of another to highlight the ways in which they are alike.
Ex. "He's flaky as a snowman."
What is an analogy?
Dispassionate most likely means ...
b. attached to
c. partial
d. two sided
The people "that or who" live across the street are usually not home on the weekends "; or no semi colon" visiting relatives in another county.
Who
No semi colon
Jules Verne who is considered a major literary author in France and most of the rest of Europe is usually regarded by English readers as a writer of fiction and children's books.
Jules Verne, who is considered a major literary author in France and most of the rest of Europe, is usually regarded by English readers as a writer of fiction and children's books.
Identify what is wrong with this sentence:
Jacob's research was better than Jim because of the statistics.
Jacob's research was better than Jim's RESEARCH because of the statistics.
A type of implied comparison that compares two things by stating one is the other.
Ex. "Your eyes are the windows of your soul"
What is a metaphor?
Distinguish between "effect" and "affect"
Effect- noun
Affect- verb/show action
All schools must report "its or their" scores by a certain date, or their budget will be "affected or effected".
Their
Affected
During the Great Depression, the term "Okies" referred to very poor migrants from Oklahoma and surrounding states who moved to California in search of jobs after the ecological disaster called the "Dust Bowl."
During the Great Depression, the term "Okies" referred to very poor migrants from Oklahoma and surrounding states who moved to California in search of jobs after the ecological disaster called the, "Dust Bowl."
Identify what is wrong with this sentence:
This week's winners are Macy from Las Vegas, Nevada: as well as Brook from San Diego, California and Tim from Houston Texas.
This week's winners are Macy from Las Vegas, Nevada; as well as Brook from San Diego, California; and Tim from Houston, Texas.
Makes an idea less important that it really is.
What is an understatement?
Difference between "reticent" and "loquacious"
Reticent- not talkative
Loquacious- talkative
Find the 3 errors:
If you want me to go out tonight, you need to help me with my homework first: and if you say no I'll know that you don't really care or have no concern for me.
: should be a ;
"and if you say no,"
"you don't really care or have no concern" is redundant
Jack the Ripper is the best-known name given to an unidentified serial killer who was criminally active in the impoverished areas in and around the Whitechapel district of London in 1888.
No change
Ornate language is...
using colorful, interesting, or descriptive words