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Definition
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Appeals
Can't you C
Grab Bag
100
In argumentation, an assertion of something as fact...
What is Claim?
100
Are you serious?
What is Rhetorical Question?
100
The child never saw the bus coming...
What is Pathos?
100
a mode of discourse in which 2 or more things are compared, contrasted, or both.
What is comparison and contrast?
100
An argumentative ploy where the arguer sidesteps the question of the conflict, evades or ignores the question.
What is Begging the Question.
200
A form of verbal irony in which apparent praise is actually critical.
What is Sarcasm?
200
To err is human, to forgive divine.
What is Antithesis?
200
I am a professor from Harvard in physics....
What is ethos?
200
Pitter-patter, splish-splash, click-clack. This is an example of what?
What is Consonance.
200
The speech said at your funeral.
What is Eulogy?
300
A literary, historical, religious or mythological reference.
What is Allusion?
300
Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore.
What is Alliteration?
300
My phone is slow because it is old.
What is logos?
300
The implied, suggestion, or underlying meaning of a word or phrase. Opposite of denotation.
What is Connotation.
300
I came, I saw, I conquered.
What is Asyndeton?
400
The ordinary form of written language without metrical structure in contrast to verse and poetry.
What is Prose.
400
Fight for peace.
What is Paradox.
400
As a doctor I know about how precious the life of a child is...so when they are sick you should send them to my office for the best care available.
What is Appeals to Pathos, Ethos, and Logos.
400
That which has been accepted as authentic, such as____ law.
What is Cannon.
400
"The child ran, frenzied and ignoring all hazards, as is being chased by demons." is an example of ...........
What is Loose Sentence.