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Rhetoric
Grammar
Video
Reading
Miscellaneous
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This rhetorical appeal allows you to "build bridges" between the audience and the subject.
What is pathos?
100
The difference between there, their, and they're.
What is place (there), possession (their), and a contraction for they are (they're)?
100
This rhetorical appeal is particularly strong in Apple's 1984 Olympic advertisement.
What is kairos?
100
These are reasons for making arguments. (Chapter 1)
What is To Convince, To Persuade, To Inform, To Explore, To Make Decisions, To Meditate or Pray.
100
The names of everyone in this class.
Who are....
200
Physical evidence, testimony, and common sense are examples of what rhetorical appeal?
What is logos?
200
This occurs when 2 or more complete sentences are incorrectly joined by a comma.
What is Comma Splice?
200
In Jaime Oliver's Ted Talk, these tactics helped to maintain his ethos.
What is "I'm not a doctor, I'm a chef." Also, he's a father. Also, he's done his research. Also, he's concerned about the health of the world.
200
This TV/film character reasons through logic alone.
Who is Spock?
200
Three to four factors that are critical to the creation of an argument.
What is the purpose/reason, the audience, the claim, the supporting materials?
300
What question must you ask yourself in analyzing the ethos of a speaker?
1) Is this person trustworthy/credible on this issue? 2) Does this person have authority to speak to this issue? 3) Does this person have unselfish/clear motives for addressing this subject?
300
Economics ___ a rich field of study. (is/are)
What is "IS" Some subjects, such as course of study, academic specializations, illnesses, and some nations are treated as singular subjects even though their names end in -s or -es. (i.e. economics, news, ethics, measles, the United States)
300
This visual text often employs ethos by listing it's awards and reviews.
What is a documentary?
300
"You might have heard about some hacked e-mails showing that scientists covered up data contradicting global warming. Well, I can assure you that— LOOK! a polar bear clinging to a melting glacier!" This quotation is an example of what fallacy?
What is a red herring? A red herring fallacy changes the subject abruptly to throw readers or listeners off the trail.
300
Arguments that are flawed by their very nature or structure.
What is Fallacy?
400
The art of persuasion and its 4 appeals.
What is rhetoric: ethos, pathos, logos, kairos?
400
Each of the girls are fit. All the birds are getting fed. Every dog gets a present. One of these is incorrect.
What is "Each of the girls are fit." The correct version is "Each of the girls IS fit," because Each is always singular.
400
(Not a "what is..." response) Provide a summary of a video we've seen in class and a brief rhetorical analysis of your chosen video.
n/a
400
Anne Lamott's advice on first drafts include this.
exact answer not applicable.
400
What is the name of our assigned textbook?
What is Everything's an Argument 6th Edition?
500
In David Foster Wallace's speech "This is Water," this logical structure (of 3 goldfish in a bowl) is the basis for illustrating his argument about awareness and your default setting. It extends comparison to explain an idea.
What is Analogy?
500
A recent example of an in-text citation using the following information: Levine, Philip. “M. Degas Teaches Art and Science at Durfee Intermediate School.” What work is: poems. 1st ed. New York: Knopf, 1991. 38-39. Print.
What is: Sentence..."quotation" (Levine, 38-39).
500
SNL's skit with Kerry Washington playing every black woman alive effectively combines these rhetorical appeals.
What is pathos and ethos? The humor makes the audience more open to the situation, while SNL is acknowledging their shortcomings in representation to preserve their credibility.
500
Chabon's "Wilderness of Childhood" suggests a fracture in these two worlds/experiences will lead to changes in the focus children's literature and life experience.
What is the world of Chabon and his father (wilderness, freedom, exploration of place by the self) and the current world of his daughter (paranoia, observation, stricter rules) etc.
500
The correct MLA citation of this book: Title: A Hundred Years of Solitude Author: Gabriel Garcia Márquez Publisher: Harper and Row Publishers English translation Copyright: 1970 City of publication: New york
What is Márquez, Gabriel Garcia. A Hundred Years of Solitude. New York: Harper and Row Publishers, 1970. (title is underlined and second line is indented)