Midterm review English

In the sentence, I am nobody, what rhetorical device is used? (rhetorical device)

Classical time period

Who did Hawthorne marry

Jump over the hurdle carefully. (preposition)

Virginia Woolf

You really should see this art exhibit. (adverb)

The use of unreliable statistical evidence in order to mislead

Using 'language as a symbolic means' to gain 'cooperation'

Rhetoric is what goes on in 'ordinary reasoning

Writing is my hobby. (gerund)

Five basic functions of rhetoric: invention, arrangement, style, delivery, and memory

The ‘unconscious’ artistry of rhetoric ‘is already found in the language’

Melville was a transcendentalist

Illogical or misleading argument

Basing a conclusion on too little evidence

Have you seen the eraser? (noun)

Neitzsche

Michel Foucault

Ask the question. (action verb)

Applying ‘reason to imagination’ to move ‘the will’

Carley is a cheerleader. (predicate nominative)

Attacking a person instead of the argument

Kenneth Burke

There was once a time when I felt that way. (being verb)

Can Jerry help her with the science project? (pronoun)

I have to ask you a question. (being verb)

Who brought over kindergarten

She loves to write. (infinitive)

Peter ramus

a bandwagon fallacy where the audience where the audience is convinced because everyone is doing it

Something that is used to distract the audiences attention from the real issue

I am full. (being verb)

Grammar's two parts: etymology and syntax

Seeing the ‘available means for persuasion’

Francis bacon

Rhetorical triangle: speaker, subject, audience

My sister answered the questions intelligently. (adverb)

There is still time to ask any questions. (infinitive)

The running child tripped and fell. (participle)

To alter or modify according to available evidence. Example: sometimes, usually, always, or often

The lock was stuck. (noun)

The fireman ran fast. (adverb)

We gave Martha the tickets to the game. (indirect object)

John Locke

One idea or course of action will lead to a disastrous end

Enlightenment time period

Medieval time period

Reggie tripped down the stairs. (preposition)

Where did Emerson live

Ethos, pathos, logos

Presenting something as if it has only two outcomes, one that is favorable and one that is not

She purchased the books for him. (noun)

The store overcharged me. (action verb)

Aristotle

Running is great exercise. (gerund)

Rhetorica Ad Herennium

The car hit the tree. (direct object)

She is my sister. (being verb)

Who were some of Hawthorne’s contemporaries

Presenting something as fact when it is debatable

Modern and postmodern time period

Trying to provide a simple solution or explanation to a complex problem

An attempt to relate two or more ideas that are not related

Not an ‘effective liar’ who controls, rather a ‘courageous teller of truth,’ risking the audience relationship

Symbols create equal relationships between speaker and audience

Grammar is one of three parts of rhetoric

To minimize the significance of something important in order to make it seem less important

We went to check between classes. (preposition)

He walked around the desk. (preposition)

Steven is honest. (predicate adjective)

Who did Melville write moby dick for

Kind people are everywhere. (adjective)

Older people tire more easily. (adjective)

Paul hopes that he will sing with the choir. (pronoun)