Halloween Food
This root vegetable was history's earliest Jack'O Lantern.
What is a turnip?
An argument that attempts to oversimplify an opposing argument and also names the brainless scarecrow in Wizard of Oz.
What is a straw man?
These three philosophical principles make up the base of the rhetorical triangle.
What is Ethos, Logos, Pathos?
This yellow and orange candy is the second most consumed Halloween candy in American.
What is Candy Corn?
This punctuation mark separates two alike but independent ideas.
What is a semi-colon?
This fruit is a native to the North American continent and a favorite decoration nation wide.
What is a pumpkin?
What is a slippery slope?
This rhetorical appeal focuses on time and place
What is kairos?
This flower gets its name from the decomposing smell it gives off to attract pollinators.
What is the corpse flower?
This grammar error occurs when a punctuation mark is splitting one independent thought.
What is a comma splice?
This tradition involving floating fruit was founded during the Roman occupation of Britain and is enjoyed across the globe to this day.
What is bobbing for apples?
A claim that needs justification, then demanding that the opponent justifies the opposite of the claim.
What is shifting the burden of proof?
This rhetorical factor is the circumstances of an event that consist of an issue, an audience, and a set of constraints.
What is the rhetorical situation?
In this southern state it is illegal to dress up as a nun.
What is Alabama?
Identify the error in this sentence:
We all walked slowly down the foggy street unable to see what is in front of us so we traveled carefully.
What is a run-on?
This holiday is celebrated with children eating chocolate skulls and celebrating the dead.
What is Dia De Los Muertos?
An argument that A implies B because A implies B.
What is affirming the consequent?
This educational theory noted by John Dewey proposes that one must recognize that something is not right within a certain topic.
What is the "felt difficulty" theory?
Mary Shelly wrote this novel about monster trying to find individuality.
What is Frankenstein?
This style of formatting was first published in 1985 as a handbook.
What is MLA format?
This chocolate candy was the first penny candy created in the United States
What is a Tootsie Roll?
Attempts to discredit an opponent's position by charging them with hypocrisy without directly refuting or disproving their argument.
What is whataboutism?
Describe the rhetorical devices used in Malcolm X's fiery speech "Message to the Grass Roots"
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This term describes a saint or holy person.
What is a hallow?
MLA is an acronym of this association.
What is the Modern Language Association?