Practice w/ Rhetorical Situation and Rhetorical Devices

Multiple Choice

Think about the rhetorical situation. I want to attach my resume when I send an email to a college. I should

• attach the resume in a text message

• attach the resume in a formal email message

• attach the resume in an informal email

• attach the resume with a subject line only

Multiple Choice

Think about the rhetorical situation. I need to write a speech for Fields of Faith. Who is my primary audience?

• peers

• pastors

• teachers

• family

Open Ended

Think about the rhetorical situation. I need to write a speech for Fields of Faith. If my peers are my primary audience, which type of appeal would work best? Ethos, pathos or logos? Why?

Multiple Choice

In Zelensky's speech at the Grammy's, what is his primary rhetorical appeal?

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

​Rhetorical Devices

​-- techniques the author's use to help persuade or argue

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1) sound devices

2) repetition devices

3) questions

4) figurative language

5) syntax devices

6) diction devices

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SOUND DEVICE PRACTICE

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Match

Match the following

• onomatopoeia

• sigmatism

• consonance

• alliteration

a word that imitates a sound

repetition of "s," "sh", "tz" & others

repetition of consonant sound (not just at beginning)

repetition of initial consonant sounds

• a word that imitates a sound

• repetition of "s," "sh", "tz" & others

• repetition of consonant sound (not just at beginning)

• repetition of initial consonant sounds

Match

Match the following

• alliteration

• assonance

• cacophony/

  dissonance

• euphony

repetition of initial consonant sounds

repetition of vowel sounds

bad sound

pleasant sound

• repetition of initial consonant sounds

• repetition of vowel sounds

• bad sound

• pleasant sound

Multiple Choice

Sally sells seashells by the seashore. -- repetition of "sh" sound

• onomatopoeia

• sigmatism

• alliteration

• consonance

Multiple Choice

That boy named Roy is coy.

• assonance

• consonance

• alliteration

• cacophony

Multiple Choice

The wind whispered wondrous wealth -- the alliteration creates

• euphony

• cacophony

• dissonance

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REPETITION DEVICES

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Match

Match the following

• amplification

• anadiplosis

• anaphora

repeating a word or expression while adding more details to it for emphasis

repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause

the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

• repeating a word or expression while adding more details to it for emphasis

• repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause

• the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

Match

Match the following

• epizeuxis

• amplification

• antimetabole

repetition of one word (for emphasis)

repeating a word while adding other details to it

repetition of words in reverse order

• repetition of one word (for emphasis)

• repeating a word while adding other details to it

• repetition of words in reverse order

Multiple Choice

I have a dream ... I have a dream ... I have a dream

• anaphora

• antimetabole

• amplification

Multiple Choice

His nose is red, so so red.

• anaphora

• antimetabole

• amplification

Multiple Choice

Think and wonder, wonder and think.

• anaphora

• antimetabole

• amplification

Multiple Choice

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

• epistrophe

• epizeuxis

• anaphora

Multiple Choice

Never give in, never, never, never, never, never.

• epistrophe

• epizeuxis

• antanaclasis

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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

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Match

Match the following

• allusion

• anachronism

• analogy

• anthropomorphism

a reference to another work of literature, person or event

something of place in time

a comparison of two different things

giving human qualities to animals

• a reference to another work of literature, person or event

• something of place in time

• a comparison of two different things

• giving human qualities to animals

Match

Match the following

• hyperbole

• litote

• metaphor

• metonymy

exaggeration

understatement

comparison without like or as

something is referred to by the name of something that it is associated with

• exaggeration

• understatement

• comparison without like or as

• something is referred to by the name of something that it is associated with

Match

Match the following

• oxymoron

• paradox

• satire

combination of opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase

a statement that seems absurd but is a possible truth

work that criticizes human vices

• combination of opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase

• a statement that seems absurd but is a possible truth

• work that criticizes human vices

Multiple Choice

The Wizard of Oz is a/an

• allegory

• analogy

• anachronism

• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

This is ...

• allegory

• analogy

• anachronism

• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

I'm hungry as a horse is ...

• allegory

• analogy

• anachronism

• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

I am a lighthouse

• metaphor

• simile

• metonymy

• irony

Multiple Choice

I am wander lonely like a daffodil.

• metaphor

• simile

• metonymy

• irony

Multiple Choice

He's got the coolest wheels.

• metaphor

• simile

• metonymy

• irony

Multiple Choice

"They should have named you Grace," she said to the girl who tripped.

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

Multiple Choice

"You're not wrong," she said sarcastically.

• litote

• irony

• oxymoron

Multiple Choice

Military intelligence.

• litote

• oxymoron

• satire

Multiple Choice

The book 1984 is

• litote

• oxymoron

• satire

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DICTION

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Match

Match the following

• asyndeton

• polysyndeton

• syntax

• diction

omission of conjunctions for effect

adding conjunctions for effect

sentence structure

word choice

• omission of conjunctions for effect

• adding conjunctions for effect

• sentence structure

• word choice

Multiple Choice

We need bread, milk, eggs, fruit, vegetables.

• polysyndeton

• asyndeton

• prepositional phrases

Multiple Choice

He passed away.

• malapropism

• euphemism

• polysyndeton

Multiple Choice

Get off your soap dish!

• malapropism

• euphemism

• polysyndeton

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SYNTAX

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Match

Match the following

• absolute phrases

• appositive phrases

• participial phrases

• prepositional phrases

noun + ing word: hand grasping, he ...

noun phrase set off by commas: John, the boy next door, ...

+ing word:

gasping for air, he ...

begins with a preposition and ends with a noun

• noun + ing word: hand grasping, he ...

• noun phrase set off by commas: John, the boy next door, ...

• +ing word:

  gasping for air, he ...

• begins with a preposition and ends with a noun

Match

Match the following

• parallelism

• telegraphic sentence

• tricolon

similarity of structure

a sentence less than 5 words

a sentence that ends with a colon and has three parts

• similarity of structure

• a sentence less than 5 words

• a sentence that ends with a colon and has three parts