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Persuasive Language and Logic
Author's Voice and Method
Knowledge of Literary and Nonliterary Forms
Reading Strategies
The Writing Process
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An appeal to reason which may use statistics, ratios, and percentages.
What is Logos?
100
Lincoln's real meaning in the line "all men are created equal" is that slavery is immoral and African Americans deserve the same rights as whites. In that line, Lincoln delivers this kind of message.
What is an implicit message?
100
The historical event which was the overall inspiration for Lincoln's writing of "The Gettysburg Address".
What is the Civil War?
100
This statement in the introduction provides the reader with the author's topic plus his/her opinion.
What is the thesis statement.
100
Writers use these strategies to generate, focus, and organize ideas.
What are prewriting strategies?
200
An appeal to authority and credibility which may use celebrity or expert recommendations.
What is Ethos?
200
Lincoln's line "four score and seven years ago" (or 87 years ago) delivers this type of message to his audience.
What is an explicit message?
200
The Union Soldiers fighting in the battle of Gettysburg.
Who were the intended audience members of the Gettysburg Address?
200
Toulmin uses these three items in his model of argument.
What are claim, data, and warrant?
200
After writing a first draft, students use this step of the writing process to improve their writing.
What is revision?
300
An appeal to the audience's emotions.
What is Pathos?
300
The author's meaning of "the last full measure of devotion" is this.
What is soldiers gave their lives.
300
This is the format in which all English and Humanity research papers should be written.
What is MLA format?
300
This is most concrete of the three types of questions and the answer be found in the text.
What is a literal question?
300
This technique is usually included in the first sentence of the introduction and is used by authors to engage their audience.
What is a hook?
400
Lincoln uses this appeal when he says "The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract."
What is Pathos or an emotional appeal.
400
Lincoln uses this literary technique in the following line: "But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground".
What is Parallel Construction?
400
The literary form of "The Gettysburg Address".
What is a speech?
400
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!! This divides the cognitive domain (the category that emphasizes intellectual learning) into six distinct categories.
What is Bloom's Taxonomy?
400
Effective writers of argumentative papers usually write in this form.
What is IBC - Introduction, Body, Conclusion.
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The philosopher who developed the three pillars (or appeals) of argumentation.
Who is Aristotle?
500
The author uses repetition to accomplish this purpose in the following line: "government of the people, by the people, for the people".
What is to emphasis the important role citizens play in the United States' Government.* *(Answers may slightly vary)
500
In the artist's rendering of Lincoln delivering the Gettysburg Address, the artist portrays Lincoln as a towering figure over both the audience and the gentlemen who share his stage. Based on this information, it can be inferred that from the artist's perspective, Lincoln is this.
What is strong or powerful?
500
The answer for this type of question is not in the text and it requires the reader to supply some of his or her own background knowledge to answer.
What is an evaluative question?
500
Writers add these words and phrases to clarify meaning and maintain consistent style, tone, and voice.
What are transitions?