strong opinions - eng lang Flashcards

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What is anaphora?

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It is a persuasive device that involves the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a sentence.

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What is antithesis?

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Antithesis is a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.

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What are ethos, pathos and logos? Who created them?

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Ethos, pathos, and logos are the three fundamental concepts of rhetoric. Ethos is when the speaker uses their credibility to try to persuade their audience. Pathos is when a speaker harnesses the emotions of their audience to convince them. Logos is the use of facts and statistics to support an argument.

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What is the name of the concept that humans are better than animals? What is its opposite?

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Anthropocentric, Biocentric

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What is the ideal way to start a persuasive speech?

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With an analogy

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