The art of speaking or writing to persuade or influence people
What is Rhetoric?
100
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”
What is The Declaration of Independence?
100
I can go here to find a link to turn in late work.
What is The Agenda?
100
This symbol combines two sentence into one without using any extra words.
What is semi-colon?
100
How many eggs are in a baker's dozen?
What is 13?
200
The choice and use of words and phrases to express meaning, especially in literature
What is diction?
200
"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that “all men are created equal.”
What is The Gettysburg Address?
200
I should look here to find announcement for the class (this was discussed at the end of last quarter).
What is the Agenda?
200
This symbol tells the reader that more information is to follow.
What is a colon?
200
This is the rapper Eminem's real name.
What is Marshall Mathers?
300
The way words are arranged to form sentences or phrases, or the rules of grammar which control this
What is Syntax
300
“He wears a mask, and his face grows to fit it.”
What is "Shooting an Elephant?"
300
This is what I say when something is hard in the class.
What is "Thank You for challenging me?"
300
This symbol tells the reader that what comes after it should be emphasized.
What is a dash?
300
Who plays Michael Scott (the main character) on the TV show The Office?
What is Steve Carrell?
400
Something said or written that mentions a subject, person etc indirectly
What is allusion?
400
"My mother was in the room. And it was perhaps the first time she had heard me give a lengthy speech, using the kind of English I have never used with her."
What is Amy Tan?
400
This is when I should use my phone during a class discussion (this might be a trick question).
What is never?
400
When using a quote these two things both also be written at the end so that it is cited properly.
What is the author and page number?
400
This disney movie is about someone who kills their own brother in their quest for power.
What is The Lion King?
500
The general feeling or attitude expressed in a piece of writing, a speech, an activity etc
What is tone?
500
"Women were singularly denigrated but they also stood as surrogates for other disenfranchised groups."
What is A Women Brain?
500
This is what happens to major assignments each day they are turned in late.
What is they go down one letter grade.
500
Rank the following in order from least emphasis from least important to most important:
Comma,
Dash
Parentheses