a comparison to a directly parallel case. When a writer uses this, he or she argues that a claim reasonable for one case is reasonable for the ____________________ case.
What is Analogy
100
The use of a repeated structure within a sentence or paragraph.
What is parallelism
100
A question asked for rhetorical effect to emphasize a point; no answer is expected.
What is rhetorical question
100
A defense attorney would _____ the prosecutor's statement that his client is guilty by providing evidence or logical statements that ________ the claim. For example, in the O.J. Simpson murder trial, the prosecutor tried to argue that the bloody gloves found were Simpson's. His attorney _______ this claim by showing that the gloves were not big enough for Simpson's hand.
What is refutation
100
"O well for the fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his sister at play! O well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay!" "Break, Break," Tennyson
What is Parallelism
200
Occurs when a writer musters relevant opposing arguments.
What is Refutation
200
a word, phrase, or statement which contains more than one meaning.
What is ambiguity
200
Relies on the audience's logical faculties
What is logos
200
A commercial about a specific brand of toothpaste says that 4 out of 5 dentists use it.
What is ethos
200
When your parents learn about your new plan to raise money, it's going to sink like the Titanic.
What is allusion
300
Address to an absent or dead person (or a non-existent character)
What is Apostrophe
300
When a writer appeals to an audience's emotions to excite and involve tem in the argument.
What is pathos
300
Walt Whitman's "O, Captain! My Captain!" draws this between Abraham Lincoln and a captain of a ship. This is a common _________________-a leader of a nation to a captain of a ship.
What is analogy
300
Advertisement about donating to a charity includes scenes of emaciated children and the words, "For just $1.00 a day, you can feed a starving child."
What is pathos
400
A direct or indirect reference to something from history, the Bible, literature, etc.
What is Allusion
400
A brief recounting of a relevant episode. This is often inserted into fictional or nonfiction texts as a way of developing a point or injecting humor.
What is Anecdote
400
When a writer tries to persuade the audience to respect and believe him or her based on a presentation of image of self through the text
What is ethos
400
"It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden, too like the lightning." Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
What is anaphora
500
Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row. This device is a deliberate form of repetition and helps make the writer's point more coherent.
What is Anaphora
500
when a writer asserts that one thing results from another. To show how one thing produces or brings about another is often relevant in establishing a logical argument.
What is Causal Relationship
500
Deliberately representing something as much less than it really is
What is understatement.
500
A politician argues for a new domestic spending program by stating facts and figures about the current level of spending, the current economy, and how this program is projected to improve the economy.
What is logos
500
After coming home to find that your dog has torn apart couch cushions and strewn stuffing all over the floor: "Well, you had a little fun while I was gone."