Rhetoric
Dialect
Hypophora
Examples
Books
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What is rhetoric?

What is the act of using language well, referring to literature and spoken dialect. Entertains, pleases, or persuades the audience. 

100

What is dialect?

What is a form of writing in a language or tone that is peculiar to a specific subject (religion/social).

100

what is a hypophora?

What is a question followed by an answer

100

"How old are you,” asked Jem, “four-and-a-half?” 

“Goin‘ on seven.”


What is dialect

100

"After all, what's a life anyway? We're born, we live a little, we die."

What is Charlotte's Web By E.P White

200

When was it used?

What is B.C ages, mostly Roman and Greek history. 

200

Is dialect referring only to accent? 

What is no. Refers to vocab and grammar of someone’s use in literature. 

200

What differentiates hypophora and rhetorical question? 

What is hypophora = question + answer

rhetorical question = question

200

"After all, what's a life anyway? We're born, we live a little, we die."

What is hypophora

200

"How old are you,” asked Jem, “four-and-a-half?” 

“Goin‘ on seven.” 

What is To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee

300

When did rhetoric first appear? 

What is the 14th century

300

How do we represent dialect in writing? 

What is representing people's speech the way it sounds ex. governor as gubnah

300

Is hypophora a transitional device?

What is yes

300

"I am assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London; that a young healthy child, well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food; whether stewed, roasted, baked or boiled, and I make no doubt, that it will equally serve in a fricassee, or ragout.“

What is rhetoric

300

"I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon of hope to millions of slaves, who had been seared in the flames of whithering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. But one hundred years later, the colored America is still not free. One hundred years later, the life of the colored American is still sadly crippled by the manacle of segregation and the chains of discrimination."

What is I Have a Dream By Martin Luther King, Jr.

400

Why was A Modern Proposal written?

What is this book was written to target the Irish government which treats the poor community badly with no shame (Smith, 2023).  

400

What three things define dialect?

What is grammar, pronunciation, and/or vocabulary 

400

What are the other two names for hypophora?

What is antipophora and anthypophora

400

"Do you understand this feeling? This breeze, which has travelled from the regions towards which I am advancing, gives me a foretaste of those icy climes."

What is hypophora

400

"Do you understand this feeling? This breeze, which has travelled from the regions towards which I am advancing, gives me a foretaste of those icy climes."

What is Frankenstein By Mary Shelly

500

What are the 3 types of rhetoric according to Aristotle's rhetorical theory?

What is logos, ethos, and pathos

500

What are the risks and benefits of dialect?

What is it makes the story more realistic and makes the characters more life-like. Helps the reader know what the character sounds like. Risks are sometimes the dialect is confusing if it isn't written properly.

500

What is the correct term for the answer in a hypophora?

What is anthyphophora 

500

"I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon of hope to millions of slaves, who had been seared in the flames of whithering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. But one hundred years later, the colored America is still not free. One hundred years later, the life of the colored American is still sadly crippled by the manacle of segregation and the chains of discrimination."

What is rhetoric

500

"I am assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London; that a young healthy child, well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food; whether stewed, roasted, baked or boiled, and I make no doubt, that it will equally serve in a fricassee, or ragout.“ 

What is A Modern Proposal By Jonathan Swift