Dante's Inferno
The character described as the "sea of all wisdom".
Who is Virgil?
The noun or noun phrase that a pronoun refers to.
What is an antecedent?
Famous Greek philosopher who studied the art of persuasion.
Who is Aristotle?
An appeal to the people.
What is ad populum?
Plato's passage that explains new ways of education and how important it is to implement these ideas into society.
What is Allegory of the Cave?
To suffer the opposite; literally "against" and "to suffer".
What is Contrapasso?
"ZAP! POW! SMASH!"
What is onomatopoeia?
Word that means "character" in Greek.
What is ethos?
Using threats of force to win consent.
What is ad Baculum?
The main idea behind intellectual humility.
What is being aware of our lack of knowledge and appreciating how little we actually know?
The character who examines and judges those who come through the entrance.
Who is Minos?
"Ned is a cheerful pessimist."
What is an oxymoron?
Numbers, polls, facts, and statistics are examples of this mode of persuasion.
What is logos?
Refuting an opponent while actually disproving something not asserted.
What is missing the point (ignoratio elenchi)?
Socrates failed to acknowledge these in his teachings, leading to an eventual trial.
Who are Greece's gods?
A system of philosophy founded around 307 B.C. that was originally meant to challenge Plato's teachings.
What is Epicureanism?
Prefigure of events that are to come.
What is foreshadowing?
The art of persuasive writing or speaking.
What is rhetoric?
The beginning of an oratory, designed to win the favorable attention of the audience.
What is the exordium?
We only know of Socrates' life from the writings of these philosophers.
Who are Xenophon and Plato?
The names of the three Erinyes standing upon the summit of the tower.
Who are Megaera, Alecto, and Tisiphone?
Statement of key ideas in a text that's commonly used in reading instruction and research.
What is annotation?
Persuasion that appeals to the left side of our brain.
What is logos?
When the conclusion of an argument is stated or assumed in one of the premises.
What is begging the question (petitio principii)?
The physical realm is only an image or shadow, not the true reality.
What is Plato's world forms?