Chapter 1
What are the three points in a rhetorical triangle
Ethos,logos,pathos
What is an example of irony?
Telling a quiet group, “don’t all speak at once”
Where can you often see a bandwagon appeal?
Advertising
What are ethos,logos,and pathos
Ethos is the appeal to credibility, logos is the appeal to logic, and pathos is the appeal to emotion.
What is juxtaposition?
Placing two things side by side to highlight their differences
What is the difference between deduction and induction?
Deduction is an observation based on an accepted premise, and induction is an inference based on an observation
What is exigence?
The author’s purpose
What is the difference between polysyndenton and asyndenton?
Asyndeton is the use of commas with lack of conjunctions, polysyndenton is the use of commas with a repeating conjunction
What is a rebuttal for the argument of free college?
The state funding would decrease the quality of schooling
What is persona?
Someone’s character presented to or perceived by others
What is parallelism?
The grammatical structures of a first and second sentence that are parallel to each other
What is an example of circular reasoning?
18 year olds have the right to vote because it is legal for them to vote
What is an example of connotation?
“She’s feeling blue”
What is syntax
The author’s arrangement of words and phrases
What is an example of ad hominem?
All murderers are criminals, but a thief isn’t a murderer, and so can’t be a criminal