Readings/Lectures
Rhetorical Theory
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100

This is a type of biased information that tries to make you avoid critical thinking.

What is propaganda?

100

This term is the study of how people persuade and give their opinion to others.

What is Rhetoric?

100

At the University of South Carolina, undergraduate students are pursuing this degree type.

What is a Bachelor's degree?

100

("AI") In England & other parts of Europe, corn is commonly referred to by this name, borrowed from Spanish.

What is maize?

100

This describes the people who would be most invested or impacted by the topic discussed.

What is stakeholders.

200

In Holmes' essay entitled "A Girl, a Shoe, a Prince", what folktale is the center of her analysis?

What is Cinderella?

200
This originally Greek term is a rhetorical appeal to logic, reason, and bodies of established knowledge.

What is Logos?

200

This school bares the name of a famous female businesswoman after a big donation of 45 million dollars.

Who is Darla Moore?

200
(Idioms & Expressions) Legally, it means so visible that the cops didn't have to search to find it; something obvious is "hiding" there

What is "in plain sight"?

200

This citation and formatting style is found most commonly in humanities disciplines.

What is MLA formatting?

300

This type of analysis looks at how an argument is given.

What is a rhetorical analysis?

300
In an argument, good claims are usually supported by this type of information.

What is evidence? Acceptable: Facts

300

In 2014, this vice-president of the United States received an honorary doctorate and delivered the commencement speech.

Who is Joe Biden?

300

(Starts with "P") Also known as the caveman diet, it's a shortened word for a diet that emphasizes lean meats & veggies

What is the paleo diet?

300

This is the number of sources used in the rhetorical analysis paper?

What is one?

400

This element of visual rhetorical relies on contrast, either visual or conceptual, to convey meaning.

What is juxtaposition.

400

Paraphrasing, quotations, and summaries all require this, to avoid plagiarism.

What is a citation?

400

This famous rock and country singer songwriter started his band Hootie & the Blowfish here at USC where he is the lead vocalist.

Who is Darius Rucker?

400

(Resistance is Futile) This canvas over-garment will make you keep your hands to yourself, but one used by Houdini sold for nearly $50,000 in 2011

What is a straitjacket?

400

This is the due date for the Annotated Bibliography.

What is March 22, 2024 by Midnight?

500

DAILY DOUBLE: This is what CRAAP stands for.

What is Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, Purpose


500

In Stasis theory, this is established ideas that an argument is built upon.

What are facts?

500

Built in 1840, the Robert Mills-designed building was the first free standing college library in the country.

What is the South Caroliniana Library?

500

(Suffixes) It's a very short, Arabic-influenced suffix that makes a demonym (a nationality noun) from Yemen or Pakistan.

What is -i? (Yemeni, Pakistani)
500

This mode of communication relies on someone's hearing to convey meaning.

What is audio/ aural communication

600

In Donna Cross' "Propaganda: How not to be Bamboozled," describes this type of argument that attacks a person's character rather than their position.

What is an argumentum ad hominem, or ad hominem?

600

This original greek term, originating from Aristotle, describes the character or credibility of the speaker as a means of persuasion, highlighting one of the three modes of persuasion alongside pathos and logos.

What is ethos?

600

The University of South Carolina School of Law became named after this prominent plaintiffs attorney following 30 million dollar donation.

Who is Joseph F. Rice?

600

(13-letter words) It's another name for a bachelor's degree

What is a baccalaureate?

600

This term, broadened in the modern perspective, describes the ability to understand and reciprocate communication in a given context.

What is literacy?