Chapter 4 vocab

Question 1

Oxymoron

Answer 1

Paradox consisting of two contradictory words

Question 2

Paradox

Answer 2

statement seems contradictory, but it is ironically true

Question 3

Parallelism

Answer 3

similar structures in pairs/series of words

Question 4

Pathos

Answer 4

emotional appeal

Question 5

Oxymoron example

Answer 5

peaceful revolution, jumbo shrimp

Question 6

Paradox example

Answer 6

“to live outside of the law you must be honest”

Question 7

Parallelism example

Answer 7

no pain, no gain

Question 8

Pathos example

Answer 8

Lou Gehrig speech

Question 9

Periodic sentence

Answer 9

main clause is not delivered until the end

Question 10

Periodic sentence example

Answer 10

in spite of the cold temps. and the snow, the game will continue

Question 11

Peroration

Answer 11

final part of an argument, moves to the conclusion

Question 12

Persona

Answer 12

Fake face the speaker presents

Question 13

Persona example

Answer 13

Lou Gehrig= famous in speech presents as a common man

Question 14

Personification

Answer 14

giving lifelike qualities to anatimate objects

Question 15

Polemic

Answer 15

aggressive argument, does not except the other side

Question 16

Polemic example

Answer 16

Broccoli is the bane of all children’s existence

Question 17

Polysyndeton

Answer 17

multiple conjunctions between coordinate phrases

Question 18

Post Hoc ergo prompter hoc

Answer 18

something that happened earlier cannot always be the cause for an event

Question 19

propaganda

Answer 19

spread of misinformation, for a cause

Question 20

Purpose

Answer 20

goal of the speakerP

Question 21

qualified argument

Answer 21

argument is not absolute, acknowledges opposing views to make your argument stronger

Question 22

qualifier

Answer 22

temper the claim, words like probably, maybe, usually

Question 23

Qualitative evidence

Answer 23

supported by reason, tradition, precedent

Question 24

Quantitative evidence

Answer 24

can be measured

Question 25

rebuttal

Answer 25

voice for possible objections

Question 26

red herring

Answer 26

logical fallacy to distract reader

Question 27

refutation

Answer 27

denial of truth in opposing argument

Question 28

reservation

Answer 28

terms+conditions for qualifier

Question 29

rhetoric

Answer 29

art of persuading

Question 30

rhetorical appeals

Answer 30

ethos, pathos, logos

Question 31

rhetorical question

Answer 31

figure of speech to gauge the reader in question form with out looking for an answer

Question 32

rhetorical triangle

Answer 32

diagram of speaker, audience, subject relationship