Rhetorical Devices
A comparison using “like” or “as.”
What is a simile?
Appealing to popularity ("everyone believes it").
Bandwagon
A brief personal story used to support a larger argument.
What is anecdote.
The book by Tennessee Williams
What is a Streetcar Named Desire?
What is our Mascot's name
What is Bruce the Bear
A comparison between two unlike things without using “like” or “as.”
What is a Metaphor
“Studies show phones are bad, so all technology should be banned.”
What is Hasty Generalization
Descriptive language that appeals to the reader’s senses.
What is Imagery?
Author/Artist of Persepolis
What Marjane Satrapi?
Who is our principal?
What is papa gaff
An reference to a well-known person, event, or text (you write them everyday)
What is an allusion
Attacking the person instead of the argument.
What is ad hominem?
Presenting two opposing viewpoints to emphasize contrast.
What is juxtaposition?
Wait is the purpose of Horatio in Hamlet? Its a vocab word
What is a foil?
What Year did the School open
What is 1997
A statement that seems contradictory but reveals a truth
What is a paradox
Misinterpreting someone's argument to make it weaker (Karnitz)
What is Straw Man?
Name and Define the 3 Appeals
Ethos- Appeal to authority, Logos- Appeal to logic, Pathos- Appeal to emotion.
Name 4 works- Title and Author over the course of our two years?
Answers may vary?
What is the room number of Ms. Ivey's room
What is 5-114
A device where an author deliberately uses vague or indirect language to soften a statement or avoid harshness.
What is euphemism?
Incorrectly assuming an event must of occurred because of its actions before. For ex. A company upgrades office computers and profits increase; management assumes the computers caused the profit increase, ignoring other potential factors like market demand.
What is Post Hoc Fallacy
State an example and where you would use each appeal.
Answers Vary- Ex Ethos: Appeal to authority, market for political campaign because past president did, Pathos- Appeal to emotion, Sad puppy stories, Logos- Appeal to Logic "99% people have success".. etc
Compare Two works based on the prompt: present the relationship between power and control.
Answers can vary
Who are Ms Ivey's favorite students?
Ceyda and Keeleigh