This is a question that is asked in order to provoke thought rather than to be answer.
What is a Rhetorical Question?
100
This is also know as the position.
What is the claim?
100
This uses stats and facts to appeal to a person's reason and common sense.
What is logos?
100
This type of sentence is made up of one independent clause.
What is a simple sentence?
100
Before or After: Where the comma goes in a compound sentence in relation to the coordinating conjunction.
What is before?
200
An exaggeration used for emphasis.
What is hyperbole?
200
This is the concrete evidence, examples, data, or proof for the argument.
What is evidence?
200
This may use experts or lists of qualifications to establish credibility and trust.
What is ethos?
200
This sentence is only made up of two or more independent clauses.
What is a compound sentence?
200
A word or phrase that appropriately moves the reader from one sentences or paragraph to another.
What is a transition?
300
Repeating the form of words or sentences. ex. "I came, I saw, I conquered."
What is parallel structure?
300
These statements support a claim but do not offer specific examples.
What is a reason?
300
This appeal relies on anecdotes, images, or language that create emotions in the audience.
What is pathos?
300
This type of phrase starts with a subordinating conjunction like because or although, and therefore, it is a sentence fragment on its own.
What is a dependent clause?
300
Identify the error:
We went to the cafeteria for lunch the line was too long, so we decided to go to KFC.
What is a run-on?
400
A brief story used to illustrate a specific point.
What is anecdote?
400
The purpose of this part is to justify and explain the importance of the support and how it relates to the thesis.
What is the warrant?
400
This is an example of _____________:
"According to a recent survey, 95% of students think finals are meaningless, but 86% of professors and teachers feel it is the best display of learned skills."
What is logos?
400
This contains at least two independent clauses and one dependent clause.
What is a compound-complex sentence?
400
Identify the error:
Because we did not study for the final we will probably do poorly on the exam.
What is no comma after the dependent clause ("final")?
500
A sound pattern that repeats vowel sounds within words.
What is assonance?
500
The thesis statement of a persuasive paper is usually made up of these two parts.
What is claim and reason?
500
This is an example of ____________:
"I have built and designed 228 homes, remodeled 78, and been involved in construction for 37 years."
What is ethos?
500
An independent clause must have these two parts.
What are a subject (noun) and a predicate (verb)?
500
Identify the error:
He though he could run faster then Billy, but he didn't realize Billy was a cheeta and not a student.