Definitions
The true name group of neighboring countries that do not share a common language, religion or culture.
Eurasia
What is an Epigraph?
"Trust me, I'm a doctor"
What is Appeal to Authority?
Why was it written?
it was written because Americans wanted freedom.
Who is Daniel Myers?
This artist claims record titles for most Grammy awards won by a vocalist, the most Grammy nominations for a female artist, the most Grammy awards won by a female artist.
Who is Beyonce?
A text's purpose, author and audience.
What is a Rhetorical Situation?
Who do you think you are, Einstein?
What is allusion?
My opponent suggests that lowering taxes will be a good idea -- this is coming from a woman who eats a pint of Ben and Jerry’s each night!
What is Ad hominem?
"Only one item was missing- a home, that final badge of entry into the sacred order of the American Middle class..."
Who is Ta-Nehisis Coates?
The pop superstar was named Time magazine's 2023 “Person of the Year,” beating out Barbie and King Charles III.
Who is Taylor Swift?
The study, uses, and effects of written, spoken, and visual language.
What is Rhetoric?
"So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania..."
What is Anaphora?
"My two female friends don’t know how to change tires. So I guess women just don’t know how to change tires."
What is Hasty Generalization?
"I have no language to express the high excitement and deep anxiety which were felt among us poor slaves during this time."
Who is Frederick Douglass?
Which band used the acronym Witty Unpredictable Talent And Natural Game?
Who is the Wu-Tang Clan?
An effort to understand how people within specific social situations attempt to influence others through language.
What is Rhetorical Analysis?
Can you pay my bills?
Can you pay my telephone bills?
Do you pay my automo' bills?
If you did then maybe we could chill
I don't think you do
So, you and me are through
What is Epistrophe?
25% of Americans over the age of 18 believe in astrology—or that the position of the stars and planets can affect people's lives. That is roughly 75,000,000 people. Therefore, there must be some truth to astrology!
What is Appeal to Popularity or Bandwagon?
"Go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the Old World, travel through South America, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, America reigns without a rival ..."
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This series revolves around a secret contest where 456 players, all of whom are in deep financial hardship, risk their lives to play a series of deadly games.
What is Squid Game?
Errors of logic in an argument that has nothing to do with the actual argument
What are Fallacies?
A drawing to show people locations around the world.
What is Analogy?
The action or practice of choosing and taking only the most beneficial or profitable items, opportunities, etc., from what is available.
What is Cherry Picking?
"But it was Oneida people who broke the famine at Valley Forge, who taught the revolutionaries, with George Washington, how to process Indian corn so that it was digestible and nutritious. So I think it's safe to say that war would have been difficult to win without our help."
Who is David Treuer?
A popular movie that came out this year and had everyone acting and dressing up in pink.
PS. You couldn't pay your professor to watch it.
What is Barbie?