A writer's (or speaker's) attitude toward a subject, character, or audience
What is tone?
100
Comma (,)
What is punctuation indicating a pause between parts of a sentence? It is also used to separate items in a list and to mark the place of thousands in a large numeral.
100
Story that describes people arriving at a California airport from all over the world
What is "Where World's Collide"?
100
A diversionary tactic that avoids the key issues, often by avoiding opposing arguments rather than addressing them
What is a Red Herring?
100
An emotional appeal
What is Pathos?
200
The main idea or point of an essay or article; in an argumentative essay, the writer's position on an issue
What is the thesis?
200
Colon
What is punctuation used to explain or start a list?
200
The speech in which Mohandas Ghandi argued for non-violence as a force of change
What is "On Civil Disobedience" ?
200
An emotional appeal that speaks to positive (such as patriotism, religion, democracy) or negative (such as terrorism or fascism) feelings rather than the real issue at hand
What is Ad Populum?
200
A rhetorical appeal that focuses on the character or qualifications of the speaker
What is Ethos?
300
Descriptive or figurative language used to create word pictures
What is imagery?
300
Parallel structure
What is it called when parts of sentence of equal importance are similarly phrased for emphasis?
300
The graphic novel that details a young Iranian girl's coming of age during the Islamic Revolution
What is "Persepolis"?
300
A conclusion that oversimplifies the argument by reducing it to only two sides or choices.
What is Either/Or?
300
A rhetorical appeal that uses factual evidence and logical thought to appeal to the audience's sense of reason
What is Logos
400
A conclusion about ideas or information not directly stated
What is an inference?
400
There
Which of the following means "another place?" Their, there, or they're?
400
The speech that used Logos appeals to argue for women's suffrage
What is "On Women's Right to Vote" by Susan B. Anthony
400
A conclusion based on insufficient or biased evidence; in other words, rushing to a conclusion before all the relevant facts are available
What is Hasty Generalization?
400
Logos
"3 out of 4 dentists recommend Colgate" is an example of which type of appeal?
500
The information that supports a position or an argument
What is evidence?
500
A punctuation mark that can also be used in place of commas to separate items in a list, particularly when the elements of that list contain commas.
What is a semicolon?
500
Story of a 2nd generation Chinese immigrant and the cultural conflict she faced growing up in the U.S.
What is "'Two Kinds' from 'The Joy Luck Club' by Amy Tan?
500
A comparison of minor misdeeds with major atrocities
What is Moral Equivalence?
500
Pathos
"For just 19 cents a day, you can save the life of an innocent puppy" is an example of which type of appeal?