That's Appealing
What's Your Position?
The Stories We Tell
What's In A Stanza?
All About The Rhetoric
100
Sharing personal stories that make the reader feel a connection to, or empathy for, the person being described is this kind of rhetorical appeal.
What is Pathos?
100
The position being taken in an article by the author.
What is Claim?
100
The series of events that build tension and escalate the conflict.
What is rising action?
100
“The wind whispered in my ear.”
What is personification?
100
Asking a question to encourage the listener to think about what the answer to the question must be, but not actually answer it.
What is rhetorical question?
200
This quote from "To Kill A Mockingbird" appeals to the reader by using _______________.
"The state has not produced one iota of medical evidence to the effect that the crime Tom Robinson is charged with ever took place. It has relied instead upon the testimony of two witnesses whose evidence has not only been called into serious question on cross-examination, but has been flatly contradicted by the defendant. The defendant is not guilty, but somebody in this courtroom is."
What is Logos?
200
Logical grounds that show a claim is important.
What is reasoning?
200
Sherlock Holmes and Moriarty represent two characters in ___________; directly opposing each other.
What is conflict?
200
“Deafening silence”
What is an oxymoron?
200
“Life is like a box of chocolates—you never know what you're gonna get.” You can use metaphors and similes when creating an _____________.
What is analogy?
300
The feeling behind a word the author uses to persuade the reader.
What is connotation?
300
Tells the target audience what they should be doing next.
What is Call to Action?
300
After Katniss wins the Hunger Games, the events that follow, like dealing with the aftermath and the political repercussions, are considered the ______________ in the story.
What is falling action?
300
“The crimson leaves crunched underfoot as autumn whispered.”
What is imagery?
300
Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy.
Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice.
Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood.
Now is the time to make justice a reality.
This is an of _______________in persuasive writing.
What is anaphora?
400
An appeal based on trust or character; relies on the credibility of knowledge of the author and/or expert sources.
What is Ethos?
400
Data or facts that support the claim.
What is Evidence?
400
Nick Carraway frequently remembers past conversations and events with Jay Gatsby, which helps reveal Gatsby's mysterious past and motivations. This represents this non-linear plot element.
What is flashback?
400
“One by one she scorched you with her radiance”
What is a hyperbole?
400
This is a representation of __________________.
What is juxtaposition?
500
This is an example of_____________.
What is pathos?
500
The opposite viewpoint of the author's claim.
What is counterclaim?
500
The central idea a piece of writing explores.
What is theme?
500
“From forth the fatal loins of these two foes…”
What is alliteration?
500
Erroneous reasoning that looks or sounds valid.
What is logical fallacy?
800
This ad represents ________________.
What is Logos?
800
Discussing the opposing viewpoint and providing evidence to refute it.
What is counterargument?
800
In The Empire Strikes Back, Luke sees his face under Vader’s mask when he was on Dagobah, which leads to a shocking revelation. This non-linear plot element is ___________.
What is foreshadowing?
800
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
~Robert Frost
What is allusion?
800
This is a representation of _________________.
What is circular reasoning?
1000
This ad represents ______________.
What is Ethos?
1000
Counterargument=Counterclaim +___________?
What is rebuttal?
1000
"The Hero's Journey": A protagonist leaves their ordinary life, faces challenges on a quest, and returns transformed. This creates a great _____________ structure.
What is plot?
1000
"Poetry is an echo asking a shadow to dance."
What is a metaphor? OR
What is personification?
1000
This advertisement represents ______________.
What is bandwagon?