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Fallacies/Propaganda
Transcendentalism
Writing Strategies
Hodge Podge
Readings
100
This type of advertising propaganda occurs when you have someone endorse a product that they have used with the expectation that you will be interested in it too.
What is testimonial
100
This man was part of the transcendental movement. He was Thoreau's mentor.
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson.
100
This writing strategy explains or clarifies what something is.
What is definition
100
In this literary device, you repeat the same words over and over again to emphasize your point.
What is anaphora.
100
This is the author of "The Story of An Hour"
Who is Kate Chopin
200
An example of this type of propaganda is stating that McDonald's has served over 2 billion hamburgers - and you should go along with them.
What is bandwagon.
200
According to Emerson this is that great nature in which we rest, as the Earth lies in the soft arms of the atmosphere; that Unity, or this, is, within which every man's particular being is contained and made one with all other.
What is the Oversoul
200
Our locally supported TV channel presents a variety of excellent educational shows. For example, young children can learn their alphabet and numbers from Sesame Street; imaginative older children can be encouraged to create by watching Kids' Writes... This is an example of what writing strategy.
What is Example.
200
This writing device uses logic to make an argument. For example: All men are mortal. Socrates is a man. Therefore, Socrates is mortal.
What is a syllogism.
200
In Letter from a Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King wrote his letter to this group of people.
Who are the clergy.
300
Everyone in the class drinks tea, so everyone who attends SJCC drinks tea. This is an example of this kind of fallacy.
What is a hasty generalization
300
Transcendentalists believe that this is a living thing which we should respect
What is nature
300
These are the two different ways to write compare and contrast text.
What are block and point by point.
300
In this short story, news of the husband's death led to a wonderful future life planned in sixty minutes.
What is The Story of An Hour
300
In this story, the events leading up to the American Japanese internment were discussed as a memoir.
What is Arrival at Manzanar.
400
Either you support our efforts to wipe out ISIS or you are promoting terrorism. This is an example of this kind of error in reasoning.
What is an either or fallacy.
400
Thoreau didn't pay the poll tax for six years. One reason was because he didn't agree with the U.S. fighting in this war.
What is The Mexican War.
400
In this writing strategy, specific reasons are given which generate outcomes and/or events.
What is cause and effect, or causal analysis.
400
In the Story of an Hour, the fact that we did not expect Mrs. Mallard to drop dead at the sight of her husband is an example of what type of irony.
What is situational irony.
400
What did Jeanne's mother do in Arrival at Manzanar when the shop owner tried to cheat her?
What is she broke her china rather than have him pay much less than it was worth.
500
You can't believe Jack when he says there isn't any justice in this world because he doesn't even have a job. This is an example of a fallacy that attacks an individual without focusing on the actual issue.
What is an ad hominem fallacy.
500
Thoreau went to live alone at Walden on this special day.
What is July 4th.
500
Inanimate objects are grouped into three major categories - those that don't work, those that break down, and those that get lost... What writing strategy is being illustrated here.
What is classification.
500
In Letter from a Birmingham Jail, when MLK says that “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” because we are a country of united states, so what happens in one state will affect the entire nation", what type of appeal is he making?
What is logos.
500
This woman was one of the founding members of the suffragette movement. She drafted the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions.
Who is Elizabeth Cady Stanton.