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Modes of Persuasion
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Beautiful: Attractive, Pretty, Lovely, Stunning
What is synonyms
100
The wind howled its mighty objection.
What is personification
100
Mickey Mouse and Ronald Reagan
What is alliteration
100
Two or more sentences without the use of coordinating or subordinating conjunctions, as It was cold; the snows came. We were freezing to death."
What is parataxis
100
"I will end this war in Iraq responsibly, and finish the fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan. I will rebuild our military to meet future conflicts. But I will also renew the tough, direct diplomacy that can prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons and curb Russian aggression.
What is ethos
200
cuckoo, meow, honk, boom,
What is onomatopoeia
200
Your feet smell so bad Just like limburger cheese That I’m holding my nose tight Between my two knees.”
What is simile
200
"The arms race or the human race."
What is aesthetic text function
200
He bought a new bicycle yesterday and looks forward to riding it on Saturday.
What is anaphoric cohesion
200
And let every man and woman who works in any area of our national government, in any branch, at any level, be able to say with pride and with honor in future years: 'I served the United States Government in that hour of our nation's need.'"
What is ethos
300
antiquated, , obsolete, extinct, prehistoric
What is synonyms
300
Time creeps up on you.
What is personification
300
We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills” (Winston S. Churchill).
What is anaphora
300
Despite heavy winds and nearly impenetrable ground fog, the plane landed safely
What is a periodic sentence
300
When you walk through a town like this — two hundred thousand inhabitants, of whom at least twenty thousand own literally nothing except the rags they stand up in — when you see how the people live, and still more how easily they die, it is always difficult to believe that you are walking among human beings
What is pathos
400
The most specific or direct meaning of a word, in contrast to its figurative or associated meanings.
What is denotation
400
Broken heart
What is metaphor
400
At a party a lady tells Winston Churchhill he is drunk to which Churchhill said "My dear, you are ugly...but tomorrow I shall be sober."
What is sarcasm
400
Our teacher has finally corrected our assignments. Where would you like to have dinner tonight.
What is incoherence
400
"I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. And some of you have come from areas where your quest -- quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality.
What is PATHOS
500
The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning.
What is connotation
500
The pen is mightier than the sword,
What is metonymy
500
A beautiful, actress walked by a table of talent agents as one said “there goes a good time that was had by all.”
What is sarcasm
500
If you repeat a word or use a synonym in the same sentence or two connected sentences
What is lexical cohesion
500
"However, although private final demand, output, and employment have indeed been growing for more than a year, the pace of that growth recently appears somewhat less vigorous than we expected. Notably, since stabilizing in mid-2009, real household spending in the United States has grown in the range of 1 to 2 percent at annual rates, a relatively modest pace
What is LOGOS