Rhetorical Modes / 50 Essays

"The speaker illustrates his/her point..." This is a good RAV for discussing which mode?

Eighner says scavenging is "a sound and honorable niche." What is the meaning of niche?

Which of the following is NOT an example of classification? (Source: "On Dumpster Diving")

Which is more romantic?

Which pair of words should pretty much NEVER be made plural with an -s?

The "whataboutism" discussed by John Oliver is an example of which type of lie?

"I tend to gain weight when I am scavenging. Partly this is because..." Which mode is coming?

A narrative must have...

"They take a single tree and make it a landscape" refers to which type of lie?

Which of the following quotes from "On Compassion" does NOT contain imagery?

Ericsson does NOT go into cause and effect mode in her description of which type of lie?

In "Reading to Write," Stephen King refers to what as the "glass teat"?

"The speaker uses diction and syntax to achieve his/her purpose" is an acceptable to say in RA.

"I am not diminished by [my disease] and they are." Who are "they"? ("On Being a Cripple 31)

An analogy is used for ____, while a simile or metaphor are used for ____.

"'Dumpster'" is a proprietary word belonging to the Dempster Dumpster Company."Bold word means?

Which of these is NOT an example of figurative language?

"We cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground" is an example of....

Description mode MUST ALWAYS contain:

The words "such as" serve as a discourse marker that indicate which mode is likely being used?

"Whereas" can serve as a discourse marker that indicates which mode is likely being used?

In "Once More to the Lake," E.B. White uses process analysis to explain how to:

Which word would go on the top of the ladder of abstraction?

When you describe the distinct qualities or features of something/someone, you are...

An analogy is a type of

The word "but" is a discourse marker that indicates...

"food is discarded for a reason. Yet a lot of perfectly good food can be found" Yet indicates:

King says, "my prose became luxurious and Byzantine." What are the meanings of these two words?

Which of the following is NOT an example of a euphemism?

Comparisons are only concerned with similarities between things.

Brent Staples feels threatened because of the fact that others think he is a threat - This is..

"I hadn't the time, let alone the inclination, to devote myself to being a disease." What tone?

Which of these is an allusion?

The word "because" is a discourse marker that indicates which mode is likely being used?

"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools" is an example of:

Process analysis mode ALWAYS contains step-by-step directions for how to do something

"A short narrative used to illustrate a point" is the definition of...