Rhetorical Theory
Random Trivia
Name That Appeal
Readings
Pop Culture
100
In classical rhetoric, this is the appeal to emotion and/or the audience’s values and beliefs.
What is pathos?
100
This is the name of Mickey Mouse's pet dog.
What is Pluto?
100
"There is a child out there seeking shelter, food, and love. You can be that child's hero by providing for their needs for just 38 cents a day.”
What is Pathos?
100
This is the title of our main course textbook.
What is The Norton Field Guide?
100
These football teams played in the 2016 Super Bowl?
Who are the Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers?
200
This is the appeal to credibility.
What is ethos?
200
In Greek Mythology, this is the god of the underworld.
What is Hades?
200
"I should give money to the homeless so they have money for food."
What is pathos?
200
This is the title of our first article we read for this semester.
What is "Superman and Me?"
200
This Netflix original series follows the lives of several inmates and guards at a women’s prison.
What is "Orange is the New Black?"
300
Aristotle describes this as the use of language to persuade or create meaning OR “the faculty of observing in any given case the means of persuasion.”
What is rhetoric?
300
What Olympic sport, where 6-person teams are separated by a net, features spiking and setting?
What is volleyball?
300
"I am a billionaire, therefore you should vote for me"
What is ethos?
300
This author developed the 6 characteristics of a discourse community.
Who is John Swales?
300
After 25 years, this actor finally won his first Oscar for “Best Actor” at 2016’s Oscars.
What is Leonardo DiCaprio?
400
This is one sentence at the beginning of your paper that addresses your main argument.
What is a thesis statement?
400
Which of Santa's 8 reindeer comes in last alphabetically?
What is Vixen?
400
"If I purchase this make-up brand I will look like this model."
What is logos?
400
Author, Heinekamp, wrote an analysis on this pop culture movie that involved a teenage pregnancy.
What is "Juno?"
400
This artist went from singing "Baby" to "Love Yourself."
Who is Justin Bieber?
500
Four main types of purpose
What is Descriptive, Explanatory, Narrative, and Persuasive?
500
In the same year both the Titanic sank and Fenway Park in Boston opened?
What is 1912?
500
“Socrates is a man; all men are mortal; therefore Socrates is mortal.”
What is logos?
500
This author “refused to fail. [He] was smart. [He] was arrogant. [He] was lucky. [He] read books late into the night, until [he] could barely keep [his] eyes open.”
What is Sherman Alexie?
500
This social media site launched on March 21, 2006.
What is Twitter?