A claim from Why Confederate Monuments Must Fall is

Racism isn't just a problem of the South.

When evaluating evidence for effectiveness, look for

specificity, accuracy, reliability, sufficiency

How would an author best appeal to ethos?

Mention where she went to school and talk about experience

Which statement is a claim?

Sausage pizza is better than mushroom because of it's flavor

Using a product like "White Wonder" implies

the color white is appealing and desirable to most people

Revision on an essay should be done

as many times as needed and with the help of others

project, argument, claims, evidence, strategies

uses language to talk about language

Choose words to describe what a text does.

argues, claims, complicates, assumes, contrasts

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1
A claim from Why Confederate Monuments Must Fall is
Racism isn't just a problem of the South.
History is worth repeating.
White supremacists want to keep the monuments up.
People are defacing historical monuments.
2
Some strategies authors employ in rhetoric are
Word choice, metadiscourse, cause and effect
metaphors, lists, repetition, examples, definitions
all of the above
authoritative quotes, comparisons, narratives
3
When evaluating evidence for effectiveness, look for
issues, effectiveness, physicality
specificity, accuracy, reliability, sufficiency
generalizations, strategies, history
statistics, relevancy, common sense
4
Find the best appeal to logos.
statistics, data, numbers
narrative, anecdote, questions
metaphors and similes
rebuttal
5
How would an author best appeal to ethos?
Say she's professor
Brag about being an expert.
Mention where she went to school and talk about experience
Tell you to trust him.
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Which statement is a claim?
I like mushroom pizza.
My son's favorite food is pizza.
Statistics say cheese pizza is most popular.
Sausage pizza is better than mushroom because of it's flavor
7
When using a quote in your essay, you should
just plop it in the middle of your paragraph
use a quotation sandwich
use a quotation casserole
use an introduction
8
Using a product like "White Wonder" implies
it will sell to everybody
the color white is appealing and desirable to most people
alliteration sells
all advertising is trustworthy
9
The audience of The New York Times is generally
old people who don't care anymore
teenagers and writers
Republicans
educated and liberal-leaning
10
Revision on an essay should be done
3 times
once, but just adding a few commas and correcting spelling
as many times as needed and with the help of others
84 times
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PACES stands for
project, author, claims, ethos, strategies
purpose, analysis, claims, evidence, signals
project, argument, claims, evidence, strategies
none of the above
12
Another word for a rebuttal is
prolepsis
none of the above
analysis
precedent
13
An assumption is
an op-ed
a shared belief
thoughts people have
usually wrong
14
What is a genre in which rhetoric is used?
Songs
all of the above
Poetry
Op-eds
15
Metadiscourse
uses language to talk about language
is a motive
is a type of narrative
is a rebuttal
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Confederate monuments contribute to racism today is an example of a
appeal
evidence
strategy
claim
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Using "I" in an argument most often appeals to
none of the above
ethos
logos
pathos
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Rhetorical analysis...
all of the above
looks at what a text does
considers how a text works to convince an audience
looks at what a text says
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Choose words to describe what a text does.
none of the above
says, maintains, publishes
argues, claims, complicates, assumes, contrasts
adds, subtracts, multiplies, divides
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The best appeal to pathos would be
cause and effect relationship
authoritative quote
an emotional anecdote
example

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