If I have to write one more essay I'm dropping out.
MC Questions are the devil.
Wild Card
100
Name that rhetorical device:
I am so hungry, I could eat a horse!
What is hyperbole.
100
Name that rhetorical device:
An aging alligator ate an apple.
What is alliteration.
100
An essential component of an essay that states either your positions and reasons why you support it, or the aspects of an essay in which you are to analyze.
What is thesis.
100
As you read the passage for the MC section, it's a good idea to _____________.
What is annotate.
100
A fallacy where you go after the person's character, rather than their argument.
What is ad hominem.
200
Name that rhetorical device:
After Mr. Rogers spilled boiling hot coffee on his lap, he stated, "It was rather warm."
What is understatement.
200
Name that rhetorical device:
I ask you again, how do you live with yourself?
What is rhetorical device.
200
How many body paragraphs should I aim for when I am writing my argumentative and rhetorical analysis essays?
What is 3.
200
What percent of the multiple choice questions must you answer correctly to pass?
What is 55%.
200
I spent Friday night eating Ben and Jerry's and watching ABC's Countdown to Christmas marathon. A commercial suddenly interrupts depicting a puppy with giant eyes behind a cage, and Sarah McGlochlan's soulful voice playing in the background. By Monday, I have adopted 15 puppies. What fallacy have I fell victim to?
What is emotional appeal.
300
Name that rhetorical device:
And we shall rise from oppression. We shall rise from our bondage. We shall rise from all of those who doubted us. We shall rise.
What is parallelism.
300
Name that rhetorical device:
We waited in line at Luby's behind the old gray hairs. That Jello though...
What is synecdoche.
300
What three ways can I respond after I read an assertion within an argumentative prompt?
What is I can refute it, support it, or qualify it.
300
Name two patterns of incorrect multiple choice questions.
What is only require surface level reading, overly simplistic, give generalities, unrelated to the question, unrelated material, only one part of the answer is correct.
300
Name the six elements of SOAPSTone:
What is speaker, occasion, audience, purpose, subject, and tone.
400
Name that rhetorical device:
To err is human, and to be human is to err.
What is antithesis/chiasmus.
400
Name that rhetorical device:
What is that you ask? Oh, it be but a wee mouse skittering atop the ceiling.
What is hypophora.
400
What is the purpose of the rhetorical analysis essay?
What is to explain how the author's choice of rhetorical devices help them to better deliver their message to the audience.
400
DAILY DOUBLE:
Name the different answer choice options in the multiple choice section.
What is best answer (most defendable), also correct but not as correct, plausible, and misread.
400
Name the three components of Aristotle's rhetorical triangle.
What is the speaker, the audience, and the message.
500
Name that rhetorical device:
The pen is mightier than the sword.
What is metonymy.
500
Name that rhetorical device:
She has passed to the great beyond. vs. She's dead.
What is euphemism.
500
Within the rhetorical analysis essay, what must you always reiterate at the end of every paragraph?
What is author's purpose.
500
If you can't understand the purpose of the reading passage, where should you re-read?
What is the last paragraph of the passage usually reveals author's purpose.