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Grammar
Rhetorical Modes
Figurative Language
Rhetorical Devices
Rhetorical Fallacies
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The documents from the court case was unsealed for the first time in three decades. Identify the error in the sentence and name the common writing error.
What is the "Was/Were: Faulty Subject-Verb Agreement?"
100
This mode uses great illustrative details about a person or object.
What is "Description?"
100
This is a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance.
What is "Metaphor?"
100
This is an example of what device? "Doesn't have all his cornflakes in one box."
What is an "Euphemism?"
100
"Of course that writer supports gun control; she is a Democrat!"
What is an "ad hominem argument?"
200
To register to vote, citizens can visit the state government's website, where you can download the appropriate forms. Identify the mistake in the sentence and name the common writing error.
What is "Citizens/They: Faulty Pronoun Agreement (Antecedent?")
200
This rhetorical mode provides details of what happened. It is almost like a list of events in the order that they happened, except that it is written in paragraph form.
What is "Narration?"
200
This is an exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one would believe the statement is true. Example: "He was so hungry, he ate that whole cornfield for lunch, stalks and all."
What is "Hyperbole?"
200
This is an example of what device? "No one, rich or poor, will be excepted."
What is "Pleonasm?"
200
This is a statement that does not relate logically to what comes before it.
What is "a non sequitur?"
300
It's amazing how much a hurricane's affects can effect a region's economy. identify the incorrect words and name what they are.
What is "Affects and Effect: Homonyms?"
300
This rhetorical mode presents a debatable opinion and then offers supports in favor of it or sometimes an it will discuss both sides of an issue and then give good reasons for choosing one side over the other.
What is "Argument?"
300
Example: Many hands make light work. This is an expression that has been used so often that it has become trite and sometimes boring.
What is "Cliché?"
300
Denunciatory or abusive language; discourse that casts blame on somebody or something.
What is "invective?"
300
This appeal encourages the listener or reader to agree with a position because everyone else does.
What is "bandwagon appeal."
400
Leaping gracefully across the stage, spectators were in awe of the agile dance. There is a misplaced word or phrase in this sentence. Identify the word or phrase and name the common writing error.
What is a "Leaping gracefully across the stage is a misplaced or dangling modifier?"
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
This is a humorous form of social criticism is usually aimed at society's institutions or human behavior.
What is "Satire?"
400
This device uses two corresponding pairs (a-b-a-b) but in inverted order (a-b-b-a) "Those gallant men will remain often in my thoughts and in my prayers always." General Douglas MacArthur
What is "Chiasmus?"
400
A Post Hoc is a fallacy with the following form: 1. A occurs before B. 2. Therefore A is the cause of B. This fallacy derives its name from the Latin phrase interpreted as "After this, therefore because of this." This fallacy is committed when it is concluded that one event causes another simply because the proposed cause occurred before the proposed effect. This fallacy derives its name from the Latin phrase interpreted as "After this, therefore because of this."
What is "Post Hoc fallacy?"
500
The romantic comedy that premiered last night was neither romantic nor was it funny. Identify the grammar mistake and name the common writing error.
What is an "Romantic/Funny: Faulty Parallelism?"
500
This mode shows how subjects are alike and/or different.
What is "Comparison/Contrast?"
500
A figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite.
What is a "Litote?"
500
This is an example of what device? "When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers." -Oscar Wilde
What is "Paradox?"
500
This is shifting the attention away from an important issue by introducing an issue that has no logical connection to the discussion at hand.
What is a "red herring?"