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Rhetorical Devices
Text Structures
Logical Fallacies
Persuasive Devices
Citation
100
An exaggeration.
What is hyperbole.
100
This structure explains a process or a list.
What is sequential.
100
When a cause and effect chain is presented and it is suggested that a small first step will automatically result in a much larger step.
What is slippery slope
100
A famous person or another customer endorses the product
What is testimony
100
This piece of information appears first in almost all citations.
Author's name (Last, First)
200
A question not meant to be answered aloud
What is a rhetorical question
200
This structure presents describes a troublesome thing and describes how to fix it.
What is problem-solution.
200
When too few choices are presented, and it is implied that a choice MUST be made from this short list.
What is false dilemma
200
The idea that everyone else is using a certain product and you don’t want to be left out
What is bandwagon
200
True or false: statistics must be cited.
What is true
300
Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses.
What is parallelism
300
This structure reviews the similarities and differences of two things.
What is compare-contrast.
300
Personal attack
What is ad hominem
300
The idea that a product is used by everyday people just like you
What is plain folks
300
What would a parenthetical citation look like for a quotation appearing on page 7 of an article by Brown?
What is (Brown 7)
400
an (extended) comparison between two things, for the purpose of explaining or clarifying some unfamiliar or difficult idea
What is an analogy.
400
This solution presents a chain of related events.
What is cause-effect.
400
When one claims testimony is expert testimony even though the testimony is not from an actual expert
What is false authority
400
The idea that a certain product will make you better/richer/smarter than someone else
What is snob appeal
400
True or false: we cite common knowledge.
What is false
500
This passage is an example of: But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate, we can not hallow this ground.
What is parallelism
500
This passage is most likely from a text structured as: Mr. Williams’s predicament is hardly unique. On the road for weeks on end, with the sorts of diets that make nutritionists apoplectic, the nation’s truckers are in pretty bad shape. Now, beset by rising insurance costs and desperate to ensure their drivers pass government health tests, trucking companies and industry groups are working hard to persuade road warriors to change their habits.
What is problem-solution
500
This is an example of ____________: "You can't believe Jack when he says the proposed policy would help the economy. He doesn't even have a job."
What is ad hominem
500
This is an example of____________: "Bill Clinton ate at McDonald's and confessed a fondness for trashy spy novels."
What is plain folks
500
When we cite, titles of books are _____________ and titles of articles are _______________.
What is italicized and put in quotes.