Climate Change
Greta Thunberg
Rhetorical Devices
Rhetorical Appeals
Elements of Argument
100

This category includes carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, and nitrous oxide, and are substances that trap heat in the earth's atmosphere.

What are greenhouse gasses?

100

This is the age Greta Thunberg was when she address the United States Congress on the subject of climate change.

What is sixteen years old?

100

Small business; big future.

What is antithesis?

100

Lebron James wears Nikes to all of his games.

What is an ethos appeal?

100

This term means main point, claim, or idea in an argument. 

What is thesis?

200

This driver of climate change accounts for between 18% and 30% of greenhouse gas emissions.

What is animal agriculture?

200

This is the country Greta Thunberg is from.

What is Sweden?

200

Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia.

Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee.

Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi.

What is repetition?

200

96% of the world's pollution comes from commercial production and transportation.

What is a logos appeal?

200

This paragraph contains an interesting opening sentence, background information on the question or topic, and the writer's thesis.

What is an introduction?

300

This chemical is released into the atmosphere whenever fossil fuels like oil and coal are burnt.

What is carbon dioxide?

300

On this day of the school week, Greta Thunberg would skip school to protest for climate action in her hometown.

What is Fridays?

300
Redwood Rangers attend their classes, put effort into their assignments, and perform well on their tests.

What is parallel structure?

300
With your help, we can end the cruel practice of euthanizing innocent animals.

What is a pathos appeal?

300
This term describes the change the writer of an argument wants to see in the world as a result of their argument.

What is purpose?

400

This percentage of global climate refugees are children under the age of 18.

What is 32%?

400

This number of protesters participated in the climate strike on September 20, 2019.

What is four million?

400

Government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth.


What is repetition?

400

9 out of 10 dentists recommend Crest toothpaste.

What is an ethos appeal?

400

This term refers to the stuff happening in the world in which an argument is made.

What is context?

500

This proportion of children under five face stunted growth due to malnutrition, which is linked to lower IQ scores, impaired brain development,  and lower educational attainment.

What is 1 in 5?

500

This phrase was Collins Dictionary's 2019 word of the year.

What is climate strike?

500

Keep your mouth closed and your eyes open.

What is antithesis?
500

Your baby is safest in a Britex car seat.

What is pathos?

500

This term refers to a claim that opposes the writer's thesis. 

What is a counterclaim?