Rhetoric
Argument
Appeals
For Example
Potpourri
100

The three rhetorical appeals.

What are logos, pathos, and ethos?

100

Important to include to signal a shift in focus, as in, between paragraphs. 

What are the transitions?

100

A proposal that relies heavily on strong emotional reactions.

What is appeal to emotion/ pathos?

100

A person smoking in front of a non-smoking sign

What is irony?

100

Finish the sentence. Synthesis is still ____________.

What is an argument?

200

A question not answered by the writer because its answer is obvious or obviously desired, and usually just a yes or no.

What is a rhetorical question?

200

Addressing the objections of an argument to convince your audience that your arguments are sound?

What is a counterargument/Refutation?

200

"Now I'm guilt stricken, sobbing with my head on the floor, stop a baby's breath and a shoe full of rice."

What is pathos?

200

"He asked for her hand in marriage" is an example.

What is metonymy (or synecdoche)?

200

Statements that may sound reasonable or true but are deceptive or dishonest.

What are logical fallacies?

300

a work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule

What is satire?

300

Examples from outside the passages--real‐life examples, whether personal, historical, or literary, are not only encouraged but necessary.

What is evidence?

300

Indeed, even Steve Barr, the founder of Green Dot Public Schools lauded by "Waiting for Superman" as one of the leaders of the charter school movement, is vocally pro-union. In fact, all 17 of his charter schools are fully unionized, and the one in Bronx opened as a result of direct collaboration between Green Dot and the AFT."

What is ethos?

300

"We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France" is an example.

What is anaphora?

300

the speed at which a piece of writing moves along

What is pacing?

400

SOAPSTone

What is speaker, occasion, audience, purpose, subject, and tone?

400

To defend, challenge or qualify, also means to

What is agree, disagree, or agree with limitations?

400

"It used to be that machines automated work, giving us more time to do other things, but now machines automate the production of attention-consuming information, which takes our time. For example, if one person sends the same e-mail message to ten people, then ten people (in theory) should give it their attention. And that's a low-end example."

What is logos?

400

historical, literary, religious, or mythical references

What are allusions? 

400

Besides "Advanced Placement," AP stands for. 

What is "Answer the Prompt"

500

An essay that takes the author’s purpose + appeals/strategies 

What is a rhetorical analysis?

500

Argues, claims, asserts, commands, interrupts, challenges, scolds...

What are stronger verbs for said?

500

God himself culminates in the present moment, and will never be more devine in the lapse of all the ages."

What is ethos?

500

Though my mother says it doesn't matter, I am tall, and she is short.

What is a compound-complex sentence?

500

An ancillary piece of information printed at the bottom of a page.

What are footnotes?