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Logic is your friend
Rhetoric for everyone
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Vocabulary
Hodgepodge
100
The science and art of correct thinking
What is logic?
100
the effective use of language to communicate an idea.
What is rhetoric?
100
All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players
Who is Shakespeare?
100
a reference to a person, place or literary, historical, artistic, mythological source or event.
What is an allusion?
200
This logical fallacy is when you misrepresent someone’s argument to make it easier to attack
What is the strawman fallacy?
200
This rhetorical appeal is an appeal to the audience's emotions
What is pathos?
200
It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea,
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
200
This word, an adjective, means giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen (it is used in Mother Savage)
What is sinister?
200
This type of poetry tells a story, usually with characters and a setting
What is narrative poetry?
300
This logical fallacy is when you highlight data that supports an argument, while ignoring data that does not, or finding a pattern to fit a presumption
What is cherry-picking?
300
This rhetorical appeal is the appeal to logic
What is logos?
300
There was a loud quarrel, world-wide. It endured for ages
Who is Stephen Crane?
300
This word, related to Hinduism, means A manifestation of a deity or released soul in bodily form on earth; an incarnate divine teacher In computing it means an icon or figure representing a particular person in computer games, Internet forums, etc.
What is an avatar?
300
This poet said: The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.
Who is Robert Frost?
400
This logical fallacy is when you use personal experience or an isolated example instead of a valid argument, especially to dismiss statistics
What is anecdotal?
400
This person said "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it"
Who is Aristotle?
400
I've known rivers.
Who is Langston Hughes?
400
This word, used in Happy Endings, is an adjective that means of or characteristic of the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes.
What is bourgeois?
400
This poet said "the best way out is always through"
Who is Robert Frost?
500
This logical fallacy is attacking your opponent’s character or personal traits in an attempt to undermine their argument
What is the ad hominem logical fallacy?
500
This rhetorical appeal is related to the credibility of the speaker or writer
What is ethos?
500
you will be alone with the gods and the nights will flame with fire
Who is Charles Bukowski?
500
Used in Didion's essay "On Morality", this word is a NOUN; and means the faculty of knowing right from wrong
What is conscience?
500
This poet said: “What matters most is how you walk through the fire.”
Who is Charles Bukowski?