What compromise was created in order to make California a state?
What is the Compromise of 1850?
100
This author has written novels such as Mouse Rap, Monster and SLAM!
Who is Walter Dean Myers?
100
pathos
What is a rhetorical device that appeals to emotion?
200
1 7/8 x -15/16
What is - 1 97/128
200
What major event causes South Carolina to secede from the Union?
What is the election of Abraham Lincoln?
200
A connotation is...
What is a thought or feeling evoked by a word?
200
logos
"For only 9 cents a day, you can help a child in need," is an example of which rhetorical device?
300
Write the following numbers from greatest to least.
0.342, 1/3, 41%, 15/16, 0.00342 x 10²
What is 15/16, 41%, 0.342, 1/3, 0.00342 x 10²
300
In his Farewell Address, George Washington warned a Young America to...
What is stay neutral and stay away from party politics?
300
When determining the meaning of unknown words, one must use...
What are context clues?
300
ethos
If Lebron James were to sponsor a new shoe brand, that would be a use of this rhetorical device
400
A photograph is 4.5 in. wide and 6 in. long. A yearbook editor has the photo reduced to fit a space that is 1 8/9 in. wide. How long is the reduced photograph?
What is 1.4166667 inches?
400
Harriett Beacher Stowe is credited for writing what controversial novel during the 1860's?
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
400
A literary analysis must include...
What is a thesis, evidence to support and a conclusion that answers all questions.
400
Aristotle
This philosopher noticed that when people try to persuade others, they use ethos, logos, or pathos
500
I am a polygon.
I am a quadrangle with two pairs of equal sides.
I am not a parallelogram.
I have no right angles.
What am I?
What is a kite?
500
The name of the President of the Confederate States of America.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
500
What is the difference between annotating and underlining?
What is underlining is marking text, but annotating is recording your thoughts as you read.
500
rebuttal
This comes after a counterargument and allows a side or person to defend his/her claims