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Method of Persuasion
100
A ________ is a great or virtuous character in a dramatic tragedy who is destined for downfall, suffering, or defeat.
What is a tragic hero
100
"Crack An Egg" by Denise Rodgers "Crack an egg. Stir the butter. Break the yolk. Make it flutter. Stoke the heat. Hear it sizzle. Shake the salt, Just a drizzle. Flip it over, Just like that. Press it down. Squeeze it flat. Pop the toast. Spread jam thin. Say the word. Breakfast's in." Inside this poem, what literary element can be found. Hint Hint think about the sounds of the words.
What is onomatopoeia
100
A ___________ is a balance within one or more sentences of similar phrases or clauses that have the same grammatical structure. example: She likes cooking, jogging, and reading.
What is parallel
100
Add punctuation where necessary. Jimmy Ellen Sandy and Bob all went ice skating.
Jimmy, Ellen, Sandy, and Bob all went ice skating.
100
Name the three types of persuasion.
Ethos, Logos, Pathos
200
A ________ is an utterance or discourse by a person who is talking to himself or herself or is disregardful of or oblivious to any hearers present (often used as a device in drama to disclose a character's innermost thoughts)
What is soliloquy
200
Provide an example of the hyperbole.
He is skinny as toothpick.
200
Verb Tense: She went to the store yesterday, and she is buying apples.
What is Correct: bought
200
Fix the mistakes with this sentence. Mary our english II teacher teaches us yesterday about WillIAM Shakespeare
Mary, our English II teacher, taught us yesterday about William Shakespeare.
200
__________ is a emotional appeal, means to persuade an audience by appealing to their emotions.
What is Pathos
300
The ________ in the story would be described as the main topic. For Lord of the Flies, the _____________ would be loss of innocence.
What is theme
300
Which literary element is found in this sentence? The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.
What is personification
300
Which sentence is not correctly capitalized? a. Every cool student goes to Mehlville High School. b. I cannot wait to go to new york city over spring break. c. The St. Louis Arch is taller than I remember.
b. I cannot wait to go to New York City over spring break.
300
Fix the parallel structure. It's harder to do long division than dividing with a calculator.
It's harder to do long division than to divide with a calculator.
300
Logos means .......
Logos means to convince an audience by use of logic or reason.
400
A _______________ a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.
What is allusion
400
In the Lord of the Flies, Ralph would be the _____________, whereas Jack would be the ___________.
Protagonist = Ralph Antagonist = Jack
400
Choose which verb in parentheses is correct: The Prime Minister, together with his wife, (greets, greet) the press cordially. All of the CDs, even the scratched one, (is, are) in this case.
What is greets and are
400
Fix the verb tense. I heard the crowd cheer as I run across the finish line.
I heard the crowd cheer as I ran across the finish line.
400
This quote is an example of which type of persuasion? "I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. And some of you have come from areas where your quest -- quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive. Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed." I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King Jr. August 28th, 1963.
What is Pathos
500
________ is described as mental images: a set of mental pictures produced by the memory or imagination or conjured up by a piece of writing.
What is imagery
500
Give me an example of an alliteration.
Example: Shelly sell sea shells by the sea shore. The horse wrangler hurried to get his hat.
500
Correct the pronoun: The student always leaves their book under the desk.
The student always leaves his or her book under the desk.
500
Correct this sentence. event though MAry like to swim, she did not wanted to go to the beach.
Even though Mary likes to swim, she did not want to go to the beach.
500
What type of persuasion does this quote show? "I will end this war in Iraq responsibly, and finish the fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan. I will rebuild our military to meet future conflicts. But I will also renew the tough, direct diplomacy that can prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons and curb Russian aggression. I will build new partnerships to defeat the threats of the 21st century: terrorism and nuclear proliferation; poverty and genocide; climate change and disease. And I will restore our moral standing, so that America is once again that last, best hope for all who are called to the cause of freedom, who long for lives of peace, and who yearn for a better future." Democratic Presidential Candidate Acceptance Speech by Barack Obama. August 28th, 2008.
What is Ethos.