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Define English Terms
Examples of English Terms
Define the Appeals
Names of Appeals
Define More Terms - 2 Parts
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One term is a brief, indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance. Another term makes an implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are different from each other.
What is Allusion. What is Metaphor.
100
Example: Edgar Allen Poe wrote "The bells, bells, bells, listen to the bells"
What is repetition
100
Attempts to stimulate the audiences feelings, often by using loaded words that convey strong connotations.
What is Emotional Appeal
100
This is the Latin term for ethical appeal
What is Ethos
100
One term is when formal, dignified language is used to give dignity to a person. Another term is wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion.
What is Elevated Language, and what is Loaded Language
200
One term is having or showing a quiet and gentle nature. Another term are statements in which you say you are unhappy or not satisfied with something.
What is Meek. What are Grievances.
200
Example: "It has been said that the Kennedy family in the U.S. is similar to the royal family in Great Britain, they are rich, regal, and respected"
What is Allusion
200
Directed at the audiences sense of morality or values
What is Ethical Appeal
200
This is the Latin term for Logical Appeal
What is Logos
200
One term is when you use your own rendition of essential info and ideas expressed by someone else and presented in a new form. Another term is expressing the same idea using different words.
What is Paraphrasing. What is Restatement.
300
One term is Restating an idea using the same words. Another term is Repeating a grammatical structure.
What is Repetition. What is Parallelism
300
Example: "Her eyes are blue pools"
What is Metaphor
300
Builds a well-reasoned argument based on evidence such as facts, statistics, or expert testimony
What is Logical Appeal
300
This is the Latin term for Emotional Appeal
What is Pathos
300
One term is asking questions for effect, not to get answers. Another term is the attitude of an author toward an audience or a subject.
What is a Rhetorical Question. What is Tone.
400
One term is having or showing little or no feeling or emotion. Another term is having the confident quality of someone who is respected or obeyed by other people. A third term means to "give power to".
What is Apathetic. what is Authoritative. What is Empowerment.
400
Example: "Her eyes are like blue pools"
What is Simile
400
Example: "If you buy this weight loss machine, you will be so attractive and popular that everyone will want to date you and be your friend"
What is Emotional Appeal
400
Example: "The U.S. Government has just released the new unemployment rate of 6% for last year"
What is Logos
400
One term is believing that people are generally dishonest and selfish. Second term remarks or pictures that intend to hurt. Third term is the difference between the ways things are and the way things should be, or the way they are expected to be.
What is Cynical. What is Sarcasm. What is Ironic.
500
One term is the underlying meanings of phrases and arguments in a text. Another term is a man who controls a family, group, or government. A third term is the act or process of freeing someone or something from another's control.
What is Inference. What is Patriarchal. What is Liberation.
500
Example: "My best friend just wasn't acting like herself. She was stomping around, and occasionally I would hear the words; parents, grounded, and trouble. What could be wrong?"
What is Inference
500
Example: "The British Government has stated that their law of no firearms has cut down on violent crime by 53%"
What is Logical Appeal
500
Example: "Since Superstorm Sandy hit the east coast of the United States, there have been multiple emergency exit plans implemented, and more to come - it was time to take action"
What is Ethos
500
One term is to laugh at or make fun of, especially by copying an action or a way of behaving or speaking. Another term is dramatic literary, or musical work intended to cause laughter. The third term is a literary manner which blends humor with criticism for the purpose of instruction or improvement of humanity.
What is Mocking. What is Burlesque. What is Satire.