10/20/15

Question 1

Emotional appeal

Answer 1

Exploiting readers feelings of pity it fear to make a case

Question 2

Enthymeme

Answer 2

Argument in which premise is understood but not stated

Question 3

Ethical appeal

Answer 3

Most powerful appeal comes from character and reputation, not words

Question 4

Ethnocentricity

Answer 4

Belief in the inherent superiority of ones own group and culture

Question 5

Euphemism

Answer 5

The substitutions of an offensive, indirect, or agreeable expression for a word or phrase perceived as socially unacceptable

Question 6

Exposition

Answer 6

Writing that seeks to clarify, explain, or inform

Question 7

Figurative language

Answer 7

The use of words outside their literal or usual meanings

Question 8

Hyperbole

Answer 8

Conscious exaggeration is used without the intent or literal persuasion

Question 9

Imagery

Answer 9

Use of language to convey sensory experience most often through the creation of pictorial images

Question 10

Ellipsis

Answer 10

Omission of a word or words necessary for complete construction