Persuasion Station
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100

An appeal to the emotions of the audience.

What is Ethos?

100

Aristotle's "modes for persuasion"

What are Ethos, Pathos and Logos?

100

First thing you do when you are given a summary.

What is Read The Question?

100

Figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else.

What is a Metaphor?

100

How you make your overall point relate to your essay question.

What is a Link?

200

The science of writing poetically to stir audiences' emotions.

What is Rhetoric?

200

In literature, this term refers to the attitude/emotion a writer has toward a subject or an audience

What is Tone?

200

One is supported by evidence, the other is not. What are they?

What are facts and opinions?

200

A three line japanese poem in verse form.

What is a Haiku?

200

Author of The Yellow Wallpaper

Who is Charlotte Perkins Gilman?

300

The 5th Step of Monroe's Motivated Sequence

What is Visualizing the Future?

300

To Inform; Motivate/Persuade; or Entertain your audience.

What is purpose?

300

Something that that grabs your audience's attention, makes them want to hear more, and aims to make the subject matter or product of particular or personal interest to them. It's a way to make an emotional connection.

What is a Hook?

300

'The angry wind knocked stoutly at my door.' 

Name this literary device.

What is personification?

300

the arrangement of the scenery, props, etc. on the stage of a theatrical production or on the set of a film.

What is Mise-En-Scene?

400

Capitalism, Communism and Socialism are examples of this.

What is Ideology?

400

This paragraph writing approach is a proven way to help students' writing process by providing a structure for their writing.

What is PEEL?

400

The idea that a book/film/short story/picture, rather than existing in isolation, is closely linked to the culture and society in which it is used.

What is Socio-Cultural Context?

400

Under this principle, the plot of a story consists of five parts: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and dénouement

What is Freytag's Pyramid?

400

A system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is reckoned through the male line

What is Patriarchy?

500

A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.

What is Euphemism?

500

Martin Luther King gave his famous 'I have a Dream' speech at this iconic place.

What is the Lincoln Memorial?

500

The advised word count for a Summary

What are 150 to 180 words?

500

When an author indirectly hints at—through things such as dialogue, description, or characters’ actions—what’s to come later on in the story.

What is Foreshadowing?

500

A type of fiction writing that began in the Romantic period

What is Victorian Gothic literature?