Definitions
Persuasive Speech
Finding Tone /Random
Word Choice
Vocab
100
Is used during a persuasive speech and you are repeating a specific point in the speech more than once. It has been used in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech "I Have a Dream"
What is Parallelism
100
Which appeal does a commercial about sick dogs target?
What is Emotional or Pathos
100
"It may be easily judged what a poor feeble condition we were in." -A Narrative of the Captivity What is the tone of this passage?
What is sad, depressed, weak.
100
"It may be easily judged what a poor feeble condition we were in." -A Narrative of the Captivity What is the strongest word choice in this sentence to convey the tone?
What is Poor or feeble
100
"In no sense do I advocate evading or defying law as the rabid segregationist would do." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. What does evading mean?
What is avoiding
200
Which encompasses the attitudes toward the subject and toward the audience implied in a literary work
What is Tone
200
Where should your weakest argument be in a speech or essay?
What is First or the first body paragraph.
200
"His had from the floodgate, it would immediately fly open, and the fiery floods of the fierceness and wrath of God, would rush forth with inconceivable fury."- Sinners What is the tone of this passage?
What is harsh, judgmental, or angry
200
"His had from the floodgate, it would immediately fly open, and the fiery floods of the fierceness and wrath of God, would rush forth with inconceivable fury."- Sinners What is the most important word choice in this passage?
What is inconceivable
200
"His had from the floodgate, it would immediately fly open, and the fiery floods of the fierceness and wrath of God, would rush forth with inconceivable fury."- Sinners What does inconceivable mean?
What is unbelievable
300
Logos-It is the appeal that uses facts to persuade the audience.
What is Logical Appeal
300
Where should your best point or argument be placed in a speech or essay?
What is Last or the third body paragraph.
300
"If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation." -Abigail Adams What is the tone of this passage?
What is angry and stubborn
300
"Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands"- Abigail Adams What is the most powerful word in this passage?
What is unlimited
300
"Attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a rebellion."-Abigail Adams What does Foment mean?
What is Stimulate or provoke
400
Ethos- It is the appeal that uses the authors credibility.
What is Ethical Appeal
400
Which appeal does an article about the deadly facts about smoking target?
What is Logical or Logos
400
"He has affected to render the military independent of, and superior to, the civil power."- Thomas Jefferson What tone does Thomas Jefferson have towards the king?
What is angry
400
"Nor yet a floating spar to men that sink And rise and sink and rise and sink again"- Love is not all What is this an example of?
What is parallelism
400
What does pseudonymous mean?
What is bearing a false name
500
Pathos- It is the appeal that targets the audiences feelings towards a particular subject.
What is Emotional Appeal
500
Substituting weak words for stronger ones. Ex. We were told to leave. We were forced to leave.
What is Word choice
500
Where does the weakest point go in a persuasive essay?
What is the beginning
500
Where does the strongest point go in a persuasive essay?
What is the end
500
Using the root word what does obscurity mean?
What is the condition of being unknown. obscure is to be rare or different