Rhetoric
A persuasive technique that evokes emotion.
What is pathos?
Expresses an opinion about a debatable topic and consists of a claim supported by reasons and evidence.
What is an argument?
A comparison using like or as.
What is a simile?
An author’s reason for writing.
What is author's purpose?
The proper way to separate sentences.
What is punctuation?
A persuasive technique that appeals to logic and reasoning.
What is Logos?
A statement that conveys the writer’s or speaker’s position.
What is a claim?
A direct comparison, without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
The author’s attitude toward his or her subject.
What is author's perspective?
It's always at the beginning of a sentence.
What is a capital letter?
A persuasive technique that aims to establish a writer’s or speaker’s credibility and shared values with the audience.
What is ethos?
An error in reasoning in the form of misleading or irrelevant information.
What is a logical fallacy?
What is alliteration?
The author's way of expressing something in writing or speech, which is developed using various techniques.
What is style?
Used to seperate things in a list.
What is a comma?
The art of speaking and writing persuasively.
What is rhetoric?
Begins with general statements accepted to be true (the premises) and ends up with a specific factual statement based on the premises.
What is deductive reasoning?
An overexaggeration
What is a hyperbole?
To entertain, to persuade, or to explain something to readers.
What is author's purpose?
A person, place, or thing.
What is a noun?
A writing or speaking technique that helps to make arguments more persuasive.
What is a rhetorical device?
The thinking process that a writer or speaker applies to an argument.
What is reasoning?
An understatement.
Rhetorical appeals, figurative language, and sound devices.
How does an author establish and achieve purpose?
A short exclamation.
What is an interjection?