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Final Jeopardy
$100 Question from Appeals
What appeal is being used here? “…caring people
like you helps ensure that St. Jude Children's
Research Hospital will continue its lifesaving
mission of finding cures and saving children. St.
Jude founder Danny Thomas believed that "no child
should die in the dawn of life," and your donations
help bring us closer to the day when every precious
life can be saved.
$100 Answer from Appeals
Emotional
$200 Question from Appeals
Pathos is another word
used to describe this
appeal
$200 Answer from Appeals
Emotional
$300 Question from Appeals
Ethos
$300 Answer from Appeals
Ethical
$400 Question from Appeals
What appeal is being used here?
“To further emphasize my point I
would like to dissolve any
disparagement that may have
encumbered my opponent’s
testimony”
$400 Answer from Appeals
Loaded language
$500 Question from Appeals
What appeal is being used here?
“Hard working people won’t be
able to keep up with the
machines that engineers are
developing.”
$500 Answer from Appeals
“Plain folk” appeal
$100 Question from Vocabulary
What is a counterargument?
$100 Answer from Vocabulary
A brief argument that negates
objections that the “other side”
is likely to raise.
$200 Question from Vocabulary
What does the Greek word
logos mean? What appeal
does this refer to?
$200 Answer from Vocabulary
Logical argument
$300 Question from Vocabulary
What affect does repetition have
on the reader?
$300 Answer from Vocabulary
Places an emphasis on an idea
or concept.
$400 Question from Vocabulary
Define rhetoric
$400 Answer from Vocabulary
Powerful language
$500 Question from Vocabulary
Define parallelism
$500 Answer from Vocabulary
Using similar grammatical
constructions to express ideas that
are related or equal in importance.
It often creates a rhythm
$100 Question from MLA
What should go in the top
right corner of the paper?
$100 Answer from MLA
Last name and page number
$200 Question from MLA
Starting at the top what should
go in the header?
$200 Answer from MLA
Name
Teacher name
Class
Date
$300 Question from MLA
How should the works cited
page be organized?
$300 Answer from MLA
In alphabetical order
$400 Question from MLA
In the works cited list,
how should I cite a
work that has more
than three authors
$400 Answer from MLA
Khan, Catherine. Diamen Young, Robbie Sherill
$500 Question from MLA
What is wrong with the
following citation?
Jupiter, Janie and Suellen
Powers. The Nitty Gritty
Lit Book. New York:
Banter Press, 1991.
$500 Answer from MLA
The title should be
underlined or italicized.
$100 Question from
Fact/Opinion
Determine whether the passes
is fact or opinion: “…in the
last 20 years American kids
have lost about four
unstructured hours a week”
$100 Answer from Fact/Opinion
Fact
$200 Question from
Fact/Opinion
It’s a sign of the times that salsa
now outsells ketchup
$200 Answer from Fact/Opinion
Opinion; Salsa does indeed
outsell ketchup, but not
everyone would agree that
this fact is “a sign of the
times.”
$300 Question from
Fact/Opinion
Edward James Olmos is more
than an extraordinary actor; he is
also a dedicated political activist
$300 Answer from Fact/Opinion
Opinion; “Extraordinary
actor” is an opinion
$400 Question from
Fact/Opinion
Those opposed to government
spending conveniently forget how
much the GI Bill—a program that
allotted billions of dollars to help
veterans of World War Two—helped
expand America’s postwar economy.
$400 Answer from Fact/Opinion
Opinion
$500 Question from
Fact/Opinion
Abraham Lincoln was the most
eloquent writer of all the U.S.
Presidents."
$500 Answer from Fact/Opinion
Opinion
$100 Question from Analysis
How does the author lose credibility?
“If people wore school uniforms then the
dropout rate would increase dramatically”
$100 Answer from Analysis
There is no proof to support
the author’s claim
$200 Question from Analysis
How does the author lose credibility?
“The other day the politicians gathered
to discuss pressing problems with the
education system.”
$200 Answer from Analysis
The author is too vague.
$300 Question from Analysis
How does the author lose credibility?
“Victims of abuse are usually pathetic
girls who don’t have a lot of self-esteem
$300 Answer from Analysis
Politically incorrect language
$400 Question from Analysis
How does the author lose credibility?
“You can’t really believe that UFOs exist.
There is no way that they would have gone
undetected this entire time.”
$400 Answer from Analysis
Informal language
$500 Question from Analysis
How does the author lose credibility?
“We need more than anniversary
sentimentalism and holiday piety and
patriotism. We need to upgrade Veteran
benefits. It is time to act”
$500 Answer from Analysis
The language choice may offend
some people. Calling Veteran’s day
a holiday piety is an exaggeration.
Final Jeopardy
What was the name of the chimpanzee
who communicated to Goodall that he
did not want the nut.
Final Jeopardy Answer
David Greybeard