Discourse analysis
The main topic in a text that the text seeks to present in a certain way
What is nodal point
The three modes of persuasion
What are ethos, logos, and pathos
"That's why we do this. That's what politics can be. That's why elections matter."
What is anaphora
The three different parts of an essay
What is introduction, body text, and conclusion
The philosopher who invented the rhetorical pentagon
Who is Cicero
The two chains of words we distinguish between
What are chain of equivalence and chain of difference
What pathos appeals to
What are feelings
What is simile
The typical structure of paragraphs in a body text
What is PEE(L)
The term placed in the middle of the rhetorical pentagon/pentagram
What is intention
The two types of discourses we distinguish between
What are hegemonic discourse and antagonistic discourse
The mode of persuasion in the following:
“As a doctor with 20 years of experience treating heart disease, I can assure you that regular exercise significantly reduces your risk of heart attacks.”
What is ethos
"Let's discuss the elephant in the room."
What is metaphor
A gastronomic term we use about the beginning of an introduction
What is appetizer
The three overall types of speeches
What are the judicial, the deliberative, and the epideictic
The main pair of antagonisms in "Ich Bin Ein Berliner"
What is West/East
The mode of persuasion in the following:
“Studies show that students who get at least eight hours of sleep each night score 15% higher on average than those who sleep less.”
What is logos
"A great man once had a dream; now I have dream."
What is allusion
The most important element in an introduction; typically placed in the end of the introduction
What is thesis statement
The three types of register
What are high/formal register, normal register, and low/informal register
Identify the floating signifiers in the following:
"to the hopes of tomorrow, to the advance of freedom everywhere, beyond the wall to the day of peace with justice..."
What are hopes, advance, freedom, peace, and justice
The mode of persuasion that is the least present in Matthew McConaughey's White House Speech on Gun Violence
What is logos
"Speech is silver, but silence is gold."
What is antithesis
What are Five Paragraph Essay and Analytical Essay
The two terms we use for a word’s literal meaning and a word’s other or hidden meanings
What are denotation and connotation