Creative Writing
Logical Fallacies
Literary Techniques
Rhetoric
Essay Structure
100
This is what you do before you write a story. 

Worldbuild, create characters, write a premise. 

100

This is when you make someone's argument sound more ridiculous or simplified than it really is.

What is a Straw Man?

100

This is the picture an author tries to invoke in your mind.

What is imagery? 

100

This appeals to the readers emotions. 

What is pathos?

100

These are the three parts to an opening paragraph. 

What are hook, bridge, thesis?

200

This is what you call two people speaking in a story. 

What is dialogue? 

200

This is when you change the criteria for what is allowed. Ex: True cat lovers own four cats. If you own less than that, you're not a true cat lover.

What is No True Scotsman? 

200

This is when an author using something mundane to mean something deeper. 

What is symbolism? 

200

This appeals to the readers logic.

What is logos?

200
These are the four parts to a body paragraph. 

What are opening sentence, concrete detail, commentary, and closing sentence? 

300

Explain the three act structure in story telling.

Act 1: There's a problem.

Act 2: The problem gets worse.

Act 3: The problem is resolved. 

300

This is when you say that something will lead to something worse, which will lead to something worse, and so on, without proof.

What is a Slippery Slope?

300

This is the images or feelings that come with a definition of a word.

What is connotation? 

300

This appeals to some sort of authority. 

What is ethos?

300

This is the way to end an essay.

What is a call to action?

400

This is where the twist and climax go in storytelling. 

What is end of Act 2 and end of Act 3, respectively? 

400

This is when you say that everyone else believes it, so it must be true.

What is Appeal to the Bandwagon?

400

This is the main idea or point of a story.

What is a theme? 

400

Write an example of logos and pathos proving something in a paragraph. 

You win 400 points!

400

This is the main idea or point to your essay.

What is a thesis statement? 

500

Write an example of dialogue, scene description, or action. 

You won 500 points!

500

This is when you attach a person instead of their argument. 

What is an Ad Hominem Attack? 

500

Write a (short) poem or paragraph using any of the techniques we've talked about. 

You won 500 points!

500

Write an example using logos, pathos, and ethos to prove something in a paragraph. 

You win 500 points!

500

Write a thesis statement about something you learned about writing. Then write one (short) paraph explaining why using commentary and concrete details. 

You win 500 points!