Syntactical Structure
The arrangement and grammatical relation of words, phrases and clauses in sentences, and the ordering of words into phrases, clauses and sentences.
What is an syntax?
A type of argument that appeals to authority and demonstrates that the speaker is credible or trustworthy
What is ethos?
The literary device demonstrated in the following: “The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, The furrow followed free; We were the first that ever burst Into that silent sea.”
What is alliteration?
When something is suggested without being concretely stated.
What is an implication?
Mr. Schooler's two sons go to this elementary school.
What is St. Francis?
Type of sentence demonstrated in the following: "Pass the Tapatio Sauce please."
What is imperative?
The logical fallacy shown by saying "Everyone is doing it."
What is bandwagon?
He kicked the bucket
What is a euphemism?
Combining sources or ideas in a coherent way in the purpose of a larger point.
What is synthesis?
When he was younger, Mr. Schooler spent half a year living in this Latin American country.
What is Venezuela? (Costa Rica is also acceptable, but that was only four months)
The type of sentence demonstrate in the following: I found a dog, obviously lost and poorly fed.
What is a loose sentence?
The type of logical fallacy demonstrated in the following statement: Since he lied about the immigration problem, he is going to lie about tax reform.
What is faulty cause and effect? Also acceptable: What is slippery slope? or What is Post Hoc?
If he doesn’t call by tonight, I will absolutely die.
What is hyperbole?
A genre of humorous and mocking criticism to expose the ignorance and/or ills of society.
What is satire?
Mr. Schooler is running a 100K race this summer in this mountain range.
What is the Rocky Mountains? or What is the Sierra Nevada Mountains?
The phrase "the musician" in the following sentence is an example of this. Tom Waits, the musician, wrote the song "Hell Broke Luce".
What is an appositive?
In argument, this term is used for the assumptions, beliefs, or principles that are unstated and taken for granted
What is warrant?
"All hands on deck" is an example of this literary term.
What is synecdoche?
The literal, dictionary-definition meaning of a word.
What is denotation?
This hip hop group, which is known for their phenomenal album "Low End Theory" is probably Mr. Schooler's favorite.
What is A Tribe Called Quest?
The type of sentence demonstrated by the following: "Like the waters of the river, like the motorists on the highway, and like the yellow trains streaking down the Santa Fe tracks, drama, in the shape of exceptional happenings, had never stopped there."
What is a parallel structure? or What is a periodic sentence?
The logical fallacy shown here: In a democracy the people are free because democracies are free countries.
What is "Begging the Question" or a Circular Argument?
“Child is father of the man”
What is paradox?
A text with an instructive purpose, often moral.
What is didactic?
The number of days it took Mr. Schooler to drive from Boston to Los Angeles solo when he was 23 years old?
What is three and a half? (Three or four are both acceptable answers)