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Grammar
Rhetorical Modes
Figurative Language
Rhetorical Devices
Rhetorical Fallacies
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"Independent Clause + Dependent Clause (clause with asubordinator); if the dependent clause is in the first position, a comma must follow."
What is a "complex sentence?"
100
This rhetorical mode uses solid and appropriate illustrations to communicate clearly and with clarity.
What is "example?"
100
*Life's but a walking shadow; a poor player,That struts and frets his hour upon the stage. " Shakespeare, in "Macbeth"
What is "metaphor?"
100
"We want no parlay with you and your grisly gang who work your wicked will." British Prime Minister Winston Churchill -referring to Hitler.
What is "cacophony?"
100
"I drank bottled water and now I am sick, so the water must have made me sick."
What is "post hoc ergo propter hoc?"
200
The voice present in the following sentence: "Mordred was bitten by the dog."
What is "passive?"
200
This rhetorical mode divides up information into groups according to certain characteristics.
What is "classification?"
200
*What a pity that youth must be wasted on the young." George Bernard Shaw
What is "paradox?"
200
"A few fries short of a Happy Meal."
What is "euphemism?"
200
"The level of mercury in seafood may be unsafe, but what will fishers do to support their families?"
What is "red herring?"
300
The following example is this type of sentence: "You will rescue the maiden or surrender your sword to the Round Table."
What is "imperative?"
300
This rhetorical mode is used by writers when they want to explain how to do something or how something was done.
What is "process analysis?"
300
"No one, rich or poor, will be excepted."
What is "pleonasm?"
300
"We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender." British Prime Minister Winston Churchill
What is "anaphora?"
300
"Green Peace's strategies aren't effective because they are all dirty, lazy hippies."
What is "ad hominem."
400
The first word in the following sentence: "Stabbing is what I do best."
What is a "gerund?"
400
This rhetorical mode explains why things should be or should have been done. It explains the processes responsible for the process.
What is "cause and effect?"
400
"She’s said so on several million occasions."
What is "hyperbole?"
400
Any of several rhetorical devices involving departure from normal word order. Ex: "His was a countenance sad."
What is "Hyperbaton?"
400
"If we ban Hummers because they are bad for the environment eventually the government will ban all cars, so we should not ban Hummers."
What is "slippery slope?"
500
The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.
What is an "antecedent?"
500
This rhetorical mode helps to make expository or argumentative writing lively and interesting and hold the reader's interest. It is typically used to communicate a scene, a specific place, or a person to the reader.
What is "description?"
500
The identity or similarity in sound between internal vowels in neighboring words.
What is a "assonance?"
500
"Boats aren't easy to find in the dark."
What is litote?"
500
"People who don't support the proposed state minimum wage increase hate the poor."
What is a "straw man?"