Rhetorical Questions
Which rhetorical appeal uses reason or logic?
Logos
The sentence that states your side of the argument with your reasons.
Claim
Name the term for a group of lines in a poem.
Stanza
Who personified VIRTUE in a poem?
Phillis Wheatley
What is the first paragraph of an essay called?
The introduction
Which rhetorical appeal uses emotion?
Pathos
How do you strengthen your argument by acknowledging the other side?
Include a counterclaim
These are poems about emotions and the writer's inner life.
Lyrics
Name the story by Edgar Allen Poe where the narrator killed an old man.
The Telltale Heart
What is the last paragraph of an essay called?
The conclusion
Which appeal uses a celebrity or an expert to persuade you?
Ethos
How many BODY paragraphs are you expected to have in your essay?
TWO
Name the type of rhyme in a poem where the words do NOT rhyme perfectly.
Slant rhyme
Who wrote the poem where they said being a public person was like being a frog?
Emily Dickinson
Where do you find a topic sentence?
At the beginning of each BODY paragraph
Name the appeal: A sad-eyed puppy on the side of the road to convince you to donate to an animal shelter.
Pathos
How many pieces of evidence are required in a body paragraph?
TWO
Name the type of figurative language: "windows so small you'd think they were holding their breath"
Personification
This author wrote about a girl named Esperanza who lives on Mango Street.
Sandra Cisneros
What technique introduces evidence?
Signal phrases
Name the appeal: Runners experienced a 15% decrease in injuries wearing these sneakers.
Logos
What do you call the process of combining evidence from two different sources?
Synthesis
Name the figurative language:
How public – like a Frog –
To tell one’s name – the livelong June –
To an admiring Bog!
Simile
Shirley Jackson creeped us out with a story about a town that stones someone every June. Name the story.
The Lottery
How do you expand or explain your evidence?
Elaboration