Rhetorical & Logical Appeals
This appeal focuses on emotions.
What is pathos?
This part of speech modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
What is an adverb?
This type of sentence makes a statement.
What is a declarative sentence?
This is the main point or position an author is trying to prove.
What is a claim?
This literary device compares two things using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
This appeal relies on logic and reasoning.
What is logos?
This part of speech shows action or a state of being.
What is a verb?
What is an interrogative sentence?
This type of writing aims to convince the reader of a viewpoint.
What is argumentative writing?
What is personification?
This appeal builds the credibility or trustworthiness of the speaker.
What is ethos?
This punctuation mark can join two closely related independent clauses.
What is a semicolon?
What is a gerund?
This sentence clearly states the writer's position in one concise statement.
What is a thesis statement?
Repetition of constant sounds at the beginning of words is called this.
What is alliteration?
Using facts and statistics is most closely associated with this appeal.
What is logos?
This mark is used to separate items in a list or series.
What is a comma?
This word functions as an adjective to modify a noun.
What is a participle?
Responding to a counterclaim to show why it is wrong or less valid is called this.
What is a rebuttal?
A contrast between expectation and reality is known as this.
What is irony?
If a source is not trustworthy, it weakens this appeal.
What is ethos?
Words like "and", "but", and "or" are this part of speech.
What is a conjunction?
This word is the basic form of a verb usually preceded by the word "to"
What is a infinitive?
Name all the parts of an argument in order.
What is claim, reasons, evidence, counterclaim, & rebuttal?
This compares two unlike things throughout an entire text.
What is an extended metaphor?