Rhetorical Appeals
Rhetorical Devices
Fallacies
Parts of an Argument
MORE Rhetorical Devices
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To utilize emotional impact 

What is pathos?
100

A short account of an interesting or humorous incident, intended to illustrate or support a point.

What is an anecdote?

100

Failure to provide evidence showing that one event will lead to a chain of events

What is a slippery slope?

100

Claims involving opinions, attitudes, and subjective evaluation

What is a claim of value?

100

The voice and attitude the writer has chosen to project.

What is tone?s

200

When an author reminds the audience of ___ experiences

What is pathos?

200

When the same expression is repeated at the beginning of 2 or more consecutive lines.

What is anaphora?

200

Something used to distract the audience's attention from the real issue or argument

What is a red herring?

200

Claims advocating courses of action that should or should not be undertaken

What is a claim of policy?

200

Words characteristic to familiar conversation or everyday speech. Ex: "That's malarkey." "Folks..."

What is a colloquialism?

300

When a writer inspires trust

What is ethos?

300

A concise or tersely phrased statement in principle, truth, or opinion. Often found in fields like law, politics, and art. Ex: "A penny saved is a penny earned."

What is an aphorism?
300

Introducing irrelevant evidence to support a claim

What is a non sequitur?

300

Claims exploring what something means or what something is made up of

What is a claim of definition?

300

A narrative in which character, action, and setting represent abstract concepts apart from the literal meaning of a story. The underlying meaning usually has a moral, social, religious, or political significance

What is an allegory?

400

In his statement, Jelly Roll explains, "190 people on average die a day from a fentanyl overdose."

What is logos?

400

A brief reference to a person, event, or place - real or fictitious - or to a work of art.

What is an allusion?

400

misrepresenting opponent's position to make it easier to attack (taking things out of context)

What is a straw man?

400

The evidence offered in support of a claim

What are grounds?

400

When part is used for a whole or the whole for a part. Ex: "Nice wheels" to compliment a car

What is synecdoche?

500

McConaughey observed, "[As] divided as our country is, this gun responsibility issue is one that we agree on more than we don't.  It really is.  But this should be a nonpartisan issue. ... So we're asking you and I'm asking you, will you please ask yourselves: Can both sides rise above?"

What is ethos?

OR

What is pathos?

500

The substitution of a term naming an object closely associated with the word in mind for the word itself

What is metonymy?

500

Attacking a person's motives or character instead of his argument or claims

What is Ad Hominem?

500

A statement that indicates the force of the argument

What is a qualifier?

500

Substitutions of an inoffensive, indirect, or agreeable expression for a word or phrase perceived as socially unacceptable or harsh.

What is a euphemism?