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100
This is who the author intends to read or view their work.
What is the intended audience?
100

“Where now? Who now? When now?”

What is Epistrophe?

100

The specific words an author uses to create the tone of their writing.

What is Diction?

100

This is a comparison without using "Like" or "As."

What is Metaphor?

100

"We will not only defend ourselves to the utmost, but will make it very certain that this form of treachery shall never again endanger us." This quote is an example of an appeal to _______.

What is pathos?

200

These are the three rhetorical strategies that make up the Rhetorical Triangle

What is ethos, pathos, and logos?

200
  • “Be bold. Be brief. Be gone.”

What is anaphora?

200
This is an appeal to the audience's sympathies and emotions.
What is Pathos
200
This is a short descriptive account or story, frequently personal or biographical.
What is Anecdote
200

"It will be recorded that the distance of Hawaii from Japan makes it obvious that the attack was deliberately planned many days or even weeks ago." This is an example of an appeal to _______.

What is logos?

300

This is what is happening outside of the immediate situation that may influence the author's message.

What is the context.

300
  • You look awfully pretty in that coat.

What is oxymoron.

300

Author's who use ethos are appealing to their audience's sense of _______.

What is trust/credibility?

300

When words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order.

What is chiasmus?

300

"There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory, and our interests are in grave danger." This is an example of the rhetorical device, _________, and the rhetorical appeal, __________.

What is Parallelism and Pathos

400

The person writing, speaking, directing a piece.

What is speaker.

400

If I'm not home by midnight, my car is going to turn into a pumpkin!

What is allusion?

400

Authors who use Logos typically rely heavily on these two things.

What is facts and statistics (will also take logical reasoning or structure).

400

"What are we going to do now? We're going to stand up and fight!"

What is hypophora?

400
  • “You stood up for America, now America must stand up for you.” – Barack Obama, December 14, 2011. This is an example of the rhetorical device, _________, and it also appeals to _______.


What is anadiplosis and logos?

500

This is the author's motivation.

What is the exigence?

500

Listen up! We're going to get started now.

What is asterismos?

500

"I should be the Senior Class Treasurer because I've worked as a cashier for 2 years."  This is an example of an appeal to ____________.

What is ethos?

500

He's not unkind.

What is litotes?

500

FINAL JEOPARDY QUESTION. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness..." This passage is an example of which rhetorical devices?

Anaphora, parallelism, and juxtaposition