Rhetoric
Waiting until your parents are in a good mood to ask them for something shows an awareness of this rhetorical strategy.
What is KAIROS?
"I stepped on a sea urchin," is an example of this kind of sentence structure.
What is a simple sentence?
"He ran to the police station quickly."
What is an adverb?
When an advertisement says, "9 out of 10 Dentists Recommend Our Toothpaste!" it's this kind of rhetorical appeal.
What is ETHOS?
This kind of sentence structure includes (at least) two independent clauses and one independent clause.
What is a compound-complex sentence?
"She told me she used to be dancer."
What is a pronoun?
DAILY DOUBLE! Scholars consider Rhetoric to be one of three "ancient arts" valued by the Greeks, along with either of these two.
(Worth double points, but super hard. Make an educated guess.)
What are "logic" and "grammar"?
"A sea urchin was stepped on by me" is an example of this kind of sentence, where the object becomes the subject.
What is passive voice?
He and his friends went to Itacoatiara on Sunday.
What is a proper noun?
When Robert Kennedy cites in his speech the death of his brother, President John F. Kennedy, he's primarily using these two rhetorical elements.
What are ETHOS and PATHOS?
This piece of punctuation can be used to separate two independent clauses and for almost nothing else.
What is a semi-colon?
The dog ran between the bushes, where it found a squirrel to play with.
What is a preposition?
KAIROS, referring to the "right time" or "special season" for an action or speech, contrasts with this other view of time held by the Greeks as simply chronological, the succession of minutes, hours, and days.
What is CHRONOS?
An alternative way of saying a number like 1500, rather than one-thousand five-hundred.
What is "fifteen hundred"?
"The boy who lives downstairs started a fire yesterday."
What is a relative pronoun?