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Appeals
Fallacies
Literary Devices
Context Clues
Rhetorical Devices
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The three elements of persuasion.
What is ethos, logos, and pathos?
100
Definition of logical fallacy.
What is a flaw in the logical structure of an argument?
100
Example of a literary device.
What is metaphor, simile, idiom, personification, metonymy, irony, onomatopoeia, and hyperbole?
100
Definition of context clues.
What is information gathered from surrounding phrases or sentences used to determine the meaning of an unknown word or phrase?
100
Definition of rhetorical device.
What is technique used to convey a message with the intent to persuade the listener?
200
Appeal used in a report published by the cleaning company Lysol. Provide reasoning.
What is logos? Published reports are backed up by factual evidence.
200
Fallacy used in the argument, "Paranormal activity exists because I have had experiences that can only be described as paranormal." Provide reasoning.
What is begging the question? The speaker still has provided no reasons as to what makes his experiences paranormal.
200
Literary device used in the sentence, "She was a tsunami, crashing into everyone around her." Provide reasoning.
What is metaphor? She isn't actually a tsunami. She's just extremely angry.
200
The meaning of the word in quotes in the following sentence: It was an "idyllic" day; sunny, warm and perfect for a walk in the park.
What is perfect?
200
Rhetorical device used in the following theme song of an old TV show: "A horse is a horse, of course, of course. And no one can talk to a horse of course. That is, of course, unless the horse is the famous Mister Ed."
What is repetition?
300
Appeal used Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. Provide reasoning.
What is pathos? Dr. King was very emotionally invested in gaining equality for African Americans.
300
Fallacy used in the following conversation during a game of monopoly. Provide reasoning. Wife: "You're cheating!" Husband: "Nothing I do ever makes you happy. I repainted the kitchen last weekend and all you had to say was that you didn't like the color."
What is red herring? Paining the kitchen has nothing to do with the original argument (cheating at monopoly).
300
Literary device used in the sentence, "The motorcycle roared menacingly as it sprinted down the highway." Provide reasoning.
What is personification? A motorcycle doesn't have a mouth to roar with or legs to sprint with.
300
The meaning of the word in quotes in the following sentence: This situation is a "conundrum" - a puzzle.
What is dilemma?
300
Rhetorical device used in the following lines from Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice." "Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions?"
What is rhetorical question?
400
Appeal used in a political advertisement. Provide reasoning.
What is ethos? Politicians must ensure that the voters view them as the right kind of person to be a leader.
400
Fallacy used in the argument, "You can't believe what Jack says about the economy. He doesn't even have a job." Provide reasoning.
What is ad hominem? It may be true that Jack is unemployed, but that doesn't mean he doesn't know something about the economy.
400
Literary device used in the following conversation. Provide reasoning. Jill: "Doing the dishes is the worst chore." Jane: "Right. Because its so hard to put dishes on a rack, close the door, and start the cleaning cycle."
What is verbal irony? Jane doesn't really think it's hard to do the dishes. She's making fun of Jill for complaining about an easy job.
400
The meaning of the word in quotes in the following sentence: Marty is "gregarious," not like his brother who is quiet and shy.
What is friendly?
400
Rhetorical device used in the following line from Alexander Pope's essay: "To err is human; to forgive is divine."
What is parallelism?
500
The Greek philosopher who introduced the three rhetorical appeals.
Who is Aristotle?
500
Fallacy used in the following conversation. Provide reasoning. Daughter: "Mom, we should shop at David's Bridal for my prom dress." Mother: "I don't know, honey. David's is expensive and there are plenty of beautiful dresses at the department store." Daughter: "But, Mom, a big group of my friends are planning a trip there to shop for their dresses."
What is bandwagon? Just because the daughter's friends are going to buy their dresses from David's Bridal doesn't mean she has to.
500
Literary device used in the example: Johnny whistled and said, "Wow, look at her! What a fox!"
What is metonymy? The word "fox" stands in for "attractive person."
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The meaning of the word in quotes in the following sentence: The winner of the gold medal was "omnipotent" against his weaker opponents.
What is all-powerful?
500
Repeated sentence structure versus repeated words and phrases.
What is parallelism versus repetition?