Rhetoric, Yo!
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Code Switch
Kay's Class/Life
Who's in the Room?
100

Aristotle's triangle.

What are ethos, pathos, and logos?

100

The author of Just Mercy.

Who is Bryan Stevenson?

100

Sexist courtesy titles for women.

What is Miss or Mrs. (because they designate marital status and we don't designate marital status for males)?

100

Kay's professional title, although you can call her "Kay."

What is Dr. or Prof.?

100

A business entrepreneur who owns their own business.

Who is Jon?

200

"The Art of Persuasion" according to a very dead Greek philosopher.

What is rhetoric?

200

The author of White Fragility.

Who is Robin DiAngelo.

200

Using "you" in an academic paper.

Something that drives Kay and other professors NUTS.

200

The town where Kay lives.

What is Lincoln, Nebraska?

200

The Scooters Twins.

Who are Kyla and McKenzi?

300

The three things you have to think about before you begin to create any sort of argument/text.

What are audience, context, and purpose?

300
The man who was on death row before he was charged with any crime.

Who is Walter McMillan.

300

MLA format for the heading of a paper.

What is your name, the name of the professor, the class name, and the date?
300

The languages that Kay speaks.

What is English, French, Arabic, and a very little bit of Mandarin.

300

Three people who wrote their papers about abortion rights.

Who are Allison D., America, and Denice?

400

A type of argument where you don't have to spell out your logic because your audience has a shared understanding of knowledge/belief.

What is an enthymeme?

400

As a teenager, gave a speech on climate change to the United Nations.

Who is Greta Thurnburg.

400

A group of people with shared language practices (including vocabulary and body language).

What is a discourse community?

400

The subject or title of her latest book.

What is Black Women Shattering Stereotypes (about representations of Black women in popular film and streaming series).
400

For this student, a good day is one spent fishing.

Who is Lane?

500

When you don't know your audience or they don't believe or know what you do, so you need to create the logos of your argument step-by-step.

What is a syllogism?

500
When slavery ended, these laws were created to make sure institutionalized racism was part of U.S. culture.

What are Jim Crow laws?

500

The three parts of a support paragraph.

What is the topic sentence, the evidence, and the explanation of how the evidence supports your claim?

500

Morrocco.

Where Kay served for three years in the Peace Corps.

500

We all covet this student's pink hat (and the saying on it).

Who is America?