This rhetorical device uses words and images that create a strong emotional response in the audience.
What is Pathos?
100
Word-pair analogies require us to focus on identifying this before we can choose the correct answer.
What is the relationship between the first pair of words?
100
This is the term for something that is believed without any evidence. If it turns out to be false as well, it supports an argument even less!
What is an assumption?
100
This persuasive vocabulary word simply means "a reasonable way of thinking through a problem or an issue."
What is logic?
100
This judgement word makes the following statement an opinion:
The Mona Lisa is a famous painting by Leonardo DaVinci.
What is "famous?"
200
This technique usually includes a lot numbers, statistics, and facts to convince the audience.
What is Logos?
200
This characteristic completes the following analogy:
Candy : Sweet :: Pickle :
What is sour?
200
This is a fancy word for a statement used in a logical argument. If it turns out to be incorrect, it's not so logical after all.
What is a premise?
200
This persuasive term is "a series of statements leading to a conclusion."
What is an argument?
200
This judgement word makes the following statement an opinion:
Scorpions are dangerous arachnids.
What is "dangerous?"
300
The ASPCA commercials that show mistreated puppies in an attempt to get donations are an example of this rhetorical device.
What is Pathos?
300
This function completes the following analogy:
Frying Pan : Sear :: Whisk :
What is mix?
300
The word "fallacy" comes from this word and leads the audience in the wrong direction.
What is "false?"
300
This is "a statement that can be proven," and because of that, it provides great support for an argument.
What is a fact?
300
This judgement word makes the following statement an opinion:
The movie, The Purge, is inappropriate to watch at school.
What is "inappropriate?"
400
A speaker who is trying to convince the audience that he or she is a good, moral person who has all of the right answers is using this persuasive technique.
What is Ethos?
400
This characteristic completes the following analogy:
Doe : Female :: Buck :
What is male?
400
The following statement includes this type of logical fallacy:
"I make As in Science class, so all Science classes are easy."
What is a false assumption?
400
These statements include "judgement words" and should not be used to support logical arguments.
What is an opinion?
400
This judgement word makes the following statement an opinion:
Kickball is a game for young children.
What is "young?"
500
When a Presidential candidate argues that he or she has better ideas than the other candidates, and that he or she knows how to lead the country down the right path, this is the rhetorical device that is being used.
What is Ethos?
500
This function completes the following analogy:
Locker : Storage :: Telephone :
What is communication?
500
The following statement includes this type of logical fallacy:
"The Golden State Warriors are the defending NBA Champions, so they are definitely going to win their game this weekend."
What is an incorrect premise?
500
This is the term for an opinion that has been repeated for so long, and to so many different individuals, that most people assume it to be true.
What is a commonplace assertion?
500
This judgement word makes the following statement an opinion:
Roses and chocolate candies should be given on Valentine's Day.