Tone and Diction Theme Forming Solid Arguments Logical Fallacies Source Evaluation
100
What is diction?
Word choice.
100
What is a thematic subject?
A broad, central idea that a story takes a side on or illustrates a lesson in relation to
100
What is ethos?
An argument made by an expert on the topic
100
What type of logical fallacy is the following:
I saw that guy cut someone off in traffic on his way to this interview, we can't hire a guy like that!
Ad hominem
100
What does the C stand for in the CARS Source Evaluation Process?
Credibility
200
What is connotation?
The emotional impact of a word
200
What is a thematic statement?
An arguable lesson/message that a story is trying to teach readers
200
What is pathos?
An argument made by appealing to the emotions
200
What type of logical fallacy is the following:
Well, I've never heard him lie about anything, so he must be an honest fellow.
Appeal to Ignorance
200
What does the R stand for in the CARS Source Evaluation Process?
Reasonableness
300
What is denotation?
The dictionary definition of a word
300
What is a thematic subject of "The Secret Life of Bees?"
Answers may vary
300
What is logos?
An argument made using facts, statistics, or logical reasoning
300
What type of logical fallacy is the following:
Cats are terrifying. One time, my neighbors cat scratched my dad for no reason!
Hasty Generalization
300
What does annotation mean?
To take strategic notes on a text
400
What is tone?
An author's attitude towards the subject they are writing about
400
What is a thematic statement of "The Secret Life of Bees?"
Answers may vary.
400
Is the following an ethos, pathos, or logos argument?
Students should wear uniforms because when collecting data from ten local schools, 87% of the children wearing uniforms had higher test scores.
Logos
400
What type of logical fallacy is the following:
Man 1: We shouldn't throw away water bottles because its bad for the environment.
Man 2: If we can't throw even throw away water bottles, eventually we won't be able to throw away anything. By next year, you'll have a house full of trash that you won't know what to do with!
Slippery Slope
400
What are the three purposes an author could have for writing a text?
Inform, Persuade, or Entertain
500
Identify the tone: "It was very late and everyone had left the cafe except an old man who sat in the shadow the leaves of the tree made against the electric light. In the day time the street was dusty, but at night the dew settled the dust and the old man liked to sit late because he was deaf and now at night it was quiet and he felt the difference."
Peaceful and calm
500
Change this thematic subject to a thematic statement that was present in The Crucible?
Hysteria
500
Is the following an ethos, pathos, or logos argument?
Licensed therapist Julianne April states that mental health should be discussed with children at a young age and she urges parents to have these conversations
Ethos
500
What type of logical fallacy is the following:
Pointing to a fancy chart, Roger shows how temperatures have been rising over the past few centuries, whilst at the same time the numbers of pirates have been decreasing; thus pirates cool the world and global warming is a hoax.
False Causality
500
What are primary and secondary sources?
Primary sources are people with first hand information on a topic; secondary sources are documents that have information collected through research






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