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Rhetoric
Grammar
Persuasive Techniques
Themes
Vocabulary
100
Define the characteristics of ethos.
What is credibility, morality, believability, etc.
100
This type of clause is a collection of words that CANNOT stand alone as a sentence.
What is a dependent clause?
100
This is the type of technique is an emotional appeal that persuades people by suggesting that this is what everyone else is doing and they don't want to be left out.
What is bandwagon?
100
The story "Of Clay We Are Created" deals mainly with the powerful impact of this concept:
What is empathy?
100
This literary device describes one thing as if it were another, emphasizing their common characteristics.
What is a metaphor?
200
This rhetorical appeal applies to the phrase below: "This solution works and is more cost effective than the alternative:
What is Logos
200
The word "the" is this type of article.
What is a definite article?
200
Identify the type of logical fallacy in the sentence below. "We now they are the ones who did it because they are guilty."
What is "circular reasoning"
200
In Quilt of a Country, Anna Quindlen expresses this idea about the USA
What is that it is am improbable idea that should not work but somehow does?
200
This literary device references a well know text, art work, person or event to help the reader connect to a concept.
What is an allusion?
300
This rhetorical appeal applies the the statement below: "Thousands of children are starving and lack basic necessities like clean drinking water and medical care. Won't you help a child in need?"
What is pathos
300
Identify the logical fallacy used in the sentence below. "Your cousin Johnny used to sit too close to the television; it ruined his eyesight. That's how he injured himself at work. Now he can't find a decent job. There isn't much out there for a handless carpenter. Move back, before you ruin your life like Johnny."
What is "false cause and effect"
300
In this story the theme deals with how empathy for another can be a part of maturing as a human being.
What is "When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine"?
300
This word means doing something at the same time someone else is.
What is synchrony?
400
This rhetorical appeal describes the statement below: "I have over 10 years experience working for this community. I am your neighbor. Now let me be your champion. Vote for me, Bubbidyboo Bubbers"
What is Ethos
400
In the phrase below, the * should be replaced with THIS type of punctuation mark. As I walked out on the streets of Loredo * I spied a young cowboy wrapped up in white linen.
What is a comma (,)?
400
Identify the technique used below. We need to support business and create jobs for hard working Americans. We can't spend our time worrying about the environment when there are people out there right now, willing to work, and unable to find a decent job.
What is either/or?
400
This tale focuses on the how we can be imprisoned by our own fears and feed the very thing we fear if we seek to divide and distance rather than address difference and inequality.
What is "Once Upon a Time"?
400
This is the term used to name the opposing sides viewpoint when it is opposite of the author's own claim.
What is counterclaim?
500
This Greek philosopher is considered the father of rhetoric. It was he who conceptualized the 3 appeals: Ethos, Pathos, and Logos.
Who is Artistotle?
500
In the phrase below, the * should be replaced with THESE types of punctuation marks. However * I knew it was time * we would meet them in battle tonight.
What is a comma (,) and a colon (:)
500
Identify the technique being used below. Will said that we should put more money into health and education, Warren responded by saying that he was surprised that Will hates our country so much that he wants to leave it defenceless by cutting military spending.
What is "straw man"
500
In "Clowns", THIS is the true purpose of the clown.
What is to act as a mirror for people so that they can see how they are behaving and maintain a harmonious society.
500
This word means "existing naturally or present of its own accord"
What is innate?