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Give me SYNTAX or Give me death...
No FALLACIES, please...
RHETORICALLY Speaking, That Is...
Pardon my DICTION.
That FIGURES!
100
A sentence with one independent clause
What is a simple sentence?
100
"Of course that writer supports gun control; she is a Democrat!"
What is ad hominem?
100
Repetition at the beginning of clauses or phrases
What is anaphora?
100
Words that refer to ideas, qualities, or emotions
What is abstract diction?
100
comparison between two seemingly unalike things using like or as
What is a simile?
200
A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause
What is a complex sentence?
200
This is a statement that does not relate logically to what comes before it.
What is non sequitur?
200
Repetition at the end of clauses of phrases
What is epistrophe?
200
familiar/conversational language
What is colloquial language (colloquialism)?
200
comparison between two seemingly unalike things stated directly
What is a metaphor?
300
A sentence that builds in intensity because the independent clause is at the end
What is a periodic sentence?
300
This appeal encourages the listener or reader to agree with a position because everyone else does.
What is bandwagon?
300
a - b, b- a
What is antimetabole?
300
feelings, emotions, and associations with a word
What is connotation?
300
giving human qualities to something non-human
What is personification?
400
A sentence that ends with a subordinate clause
What is a loose or cumulative sentence?
400
This type of argument states that a relatively small first step inevitably leads to a chain of related events culminating in some significant impact.
What is slippery slope?
400
"He asked for her hand in marriage," is an example of what device?
What is synecdoche?
400
words or meanings of words that we never or rarely use but that appear in older documents and literature still read today
What is archaic language?
400
Two answers: a) an exaggeration b) the opposite of a
What is hyperbole and understatement?
500
Requires two answers: a) A fragment used intentionally b) A question that requires no answer
What is a) rhetorical fragment b) rhetorical question
500
This is shifting the attention away from an important issue by introducing an issue that has no logical connection to the discussion at hand.
What is red herring?
500
"You need to take that to Washington," is an example of...
What is metonymy?
500
a presumably inoffensive word that a writer or speaker substitutes for a word deemed possibly offensive or to blunt
What is euphemisms?
500
"Feather of lead" and "bright smoke" are examples of...
What are oxymorons?