Thursday, January 5, 2012

Vocabulary

In a comment, please write YOUR OWN definitions for the following words. Please do not use dictionary.com (or any other dictionary for that matter), and do not use your notes. I know that some of you may not know all of these words by heart, and that's okay; I just want to know what you know so far.
  1. Rhetoric
  2. Rhetorical question
  3. Parallelism
  4. Ethos
  5. Pathos
  6. Logos
  7. Repetition
  8. Allusion
  9. Diction
  10. Persuade

20 comments:

  1. 1.strategy to add depth to argument.
    2.question that is based on rhetoric
    3.being parallel in writing.
    4.ethnic appeal
    5.emotional appeal.
    6.appealing to facts.
    7.repeating something.
    8.a stradegy of writing
    9.authors word choice.
    10.to convince people about something.

    nate tesmer

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  2. 1.Rhetoric is what an author uses to add depth to their argument.
    2.A question based around rhetoric.
    3.Being on the same side of an argument.
    4.Appealing to ethics.
    5.Appealing to emotions.
    6.Appealing to facts or logic.
    7.Repeating something throughout the text.
    8.A strategy in which the author loops around topic.
    9. An authors word choice.
    10. To convince somebody to join your side.
    By Logan Schmidt

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  3. -rhetoric-argumentive or persuasive at nature
    -rhestorica questions-questions searching for a specific answer?
    -parallelsim-equality?
    -ethos-appealing to emotion?
    -pathos-appealing to emotion
    -logos-appealing to logic
    -repetition-repeating
    -allusion-something one imagines but isn't really there
    -diction-word choice
    -persuade-trying to make other agree with you
    KAthleen

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  4. 1. the purpose of writing and speaking effectively.
    2. a question based on rhetoric
    3. being on the same side of an argument.
    4. appealing to culture, beliefs, etc.
    5. appeling to emotions.
    6. appealing to facts or logic.
    7. repeating of something throughout the text
    8. the author's purpose to call something to mind without mentioning it thoroughly.
    9. author's word choice
    10.to persuade, convince people to your side.
    By: Kirsten Miller

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  5. 1. Argumentative or persuasive ideas
    2. A question that uses rhetoric
    3. Having parallel ideas when writing
    4. An appeal that uses ethics and morals
    5. An appeal that uses emotion
    6. An appeal that uses logic
    7. Something that is repeated over and over again
    8. Something that is imagined but doesn't exist
    9. word choice
    10.Convince somebody to agree with you

    -David Purpura

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  6. 1.Argumentative ideas
    2.A question that is presenting an argument
    3.Having the same viewpoints as somebody else
    4.Ethical appeal
    5.Emotional appeal
    6.Logical appeal
    7.Repeating an idea
    8.Something that comes from the imagination
    9.Word choice
    10.Trying to get somebody to see an idea the way you see it

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  7. 1. arugment ideas
    2. a question that states an argument
    3. giving positive statements in writing
    4. ethical
    5. emotional
    6. logical
    7. repeating something
    8. something that you tought you saw (imagined)
    9. word choice
    10. trying to convince someone

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  8. 1. arguementive ideas to prove a point
    2.arguementive question, sometimes not to be awnsered
    3.Having similar views
    4.ethnic apeal
    5.emotional apeal
    6.logical apeal
    7.repeating your idea
    8.imaginative
    9.word choice
    10.the attempt to get someone to see your ideas as right

    -Austin Hobbs

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  9. 1. Persuasive/Argumentative ideas
    2.Question presenting a persuasive or biased topic
    3.Having thoughts similar to someone else's.
    4.Appeal to Ethics
    5.Appeal to emotions
    6.Appeal to logic
    7.Repeating something
    8.Imaginary
    9.Word Choice
    10.Making someone believe what you say is true.

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  10. Rhetorical question - A question not meant to be answered literally

    Parallelism - A long story that is similar to a real issue.

    Ethos - Ethical appeal to an audience.

    Pathos -Emotional appeal to an audience.

    Logos -Logical appeal to an audience.

    Repetition -Using the same words or vowels in a row to make it sound kool.

    Allusion

    Diction - Words choice.

    Persuade -To convince

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  11. 1. persuasive/argumentitive ideas
    2.dasj
    3.ugggggggg
    4.ethical appeal- background
    5.emotional appeal- psychological
    6.logical appeal- logic
    7. repeating multiple times.
    8. something thats unreal seeming real
    9. writers word choice
    10.trying to switch someones viewpoint.

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  12. 1.what an author uses to add depth to their argument
    2.A question based around rhetoric
    3.Being on the same side of an argument
    4.Appealing to ethics
    5.Appealing to emotions
    6.Appealing to facts or logic
    7.Repeating something in the text
    8.A strategy where the author loops around topic
    9. An authors word choice
    10. To convince somebody to join your side
    -Brady Hughes

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  13. 1. Rhetoric - Not literal.
    2. Rhetorical question - Not a literal quesiton.
    3. Parallelism - Real life situations.
    4. Ethos - ethics/ credibilty.
    5. Pathos- emotional appeal
    6. Logos- Logic
    7.Repetition - repeating things
    8.Allusion - something that seems real, but isn't
    9. Diction- word choice
    10. Persuade - to convince someone.

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  14. 1.persuasive or arguments
    2. a story that can relate to something
    3. ummmmm.....
    4. backround knowledge
    5. emotional
    6. logic
    7. repeating a lot
    8. Something that is real but seems real
    9. The persons word choice
    10. Trying to convince someones view on something
    -Logan Hobbs

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  15. -Argumentative Ideas used to help prove a important point.
    -Question that helps you prove you argument, and is not anwsered by the audience.
    -You help prove a point- the same side of a argument.
    -Appealing to ethics-culture.
    -Appealing to emotion
    -Uses facts
    -Repeatedly repeated repettion
    -Imangied
    -Word choice
    -To persuade your audience about a topic
    -Megan Babcock

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  16. 1)Rhetoric-persuaive or argumentive ideas
    2)Rhetorical question-you answer to yourself
    3)Parallelism-where your writinig and meanings match up
    4)Ethos-using ethics to answer a question
    5)Pathos-persuading people to like your topic
    6)Logos-using logic to answer your topic
    7)Repetition- repeating
    8)Allusion-Alluding your reader
    9)Diction-Word choice
    10)Persuade-To convince
    -Gregory Holley

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  17. 1. The use of persuasion/argumentation
    2. A question that does not require an answer.
    3. no idea
    4. Appeal to ethics
    5. Appeal to emotions
    6. Appeal to logic
    7. The act of repeating
    8. something you use when you write.
    9. Word choice
    10. to convince someone of your point of view.

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  18. 1. Rhetoric is a arguing or convincing the reader.
    2. Rhetorical question is when the reader answer the question itself.
    3. Parallelism is when things in the story match up.
    4. Ethos is an Ethcial appeal.
    5. Patho's is the emotional appeal.
    6. Logo's is the logical appeal.
    7. Repetition is how other people see you.
    8. Allusion is what it seem to be.
    9. Diction is writing the things you choose.
    10.Persuade is the author tries to convince a reader.
    - Michael Leffler

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  19. 1. Rhetoric is persuading the audience.
    2. Rhetorical question decribes a statement or word for the reader to answer
    3. Parallelism is groups of related words, phrases, or clauses.
    4. Ethos is ethcial appeal.
    5. Pathos is emotional appeal.
    6. Logos is logical appeal.
    7. Repetition is repeating of sounds, syllables, words, phrases..etc
    8. Allusion is a figure of speech that is either direct or implied.
    9. Diction is word choice.
    10. Persuade is using reasoning to try to make someone do something.

    *Chelsea Richards*

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