Rhetoric 101
An authoritative appeal (credibility).
What is ethos?
Words that sound like they are spelled.
What is onomatopoeia?
A rhetorical device that uses repetition of beginning consonant sounds.
What is alliteration?
A statement or conclusion that does not follow logically from what preceded it.
What is a non sequitur?
Statements about what is true or good or what should be done or what should be believed.
What are claims?
A logical appeal (reasoning).
What is logos?
A literary device that uses an extreme exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
A rhetorical device that uses the opposite of what is expected actually happens.
What is irony?
A fallacy that presents only two options or sides when there are many options or sides.
What is a false dilemma?
Statements that support a claim.
What are reasons or support?
An emotional appeal (feeling).
What is pathos?
A literary device in which two unrelated objects are compared for their shared qualities.
What is an analogy?
A rhetorical device that involves using the same word or phrase over and over again in a piece of writing or speech.
What is repetition?
The assumption that because one event preceded another event, they must be causally related.
What is a post hoc fallacy?
Inferences and/or assumptions that connect the support/reasons to the claim.
What are warrants?
Personal narrative, persuasive essay, critique, refutation essay, position essay, and causal essay.
What are types of arguments?
A rhetorical device that features repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive sentences, phrases, or clauses.
What is an anaphora?
A rhetorical device when a character in a literary work speaks to an object, an idea, or someone who doesn't exist as if it were a living person.
What is apostrophe?
A logical fallacy that uses a weak analogy that leads to an incorrect conclusion.
What is a false analogy?
Fact, value, judgment, and policy.
What are types of claims?
An argument or set of reasons put forward to oppose an idea or theory developed in another argument.
What is a counterargument?
A rhetorical device using a short story about a real person or event, usually serving to make the listeners laugh or ponder over a topic.
What is an anecdote?
A rhetorical device that is a misleading or false clue.
What is a red herring?
A logical fallacy that occurs when someone argues that a person holds a view that is actually not what the other person believes.
What is a straw man?
What is backing?