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Rhetorical Devices and Fallacies

English

6th - 12th Grade

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Rhetorical Devices and Fallacies
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

To cause someone to do something through reason or argument; or to cause someone to believe something.

argument
persuade
refute
rebute

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.W.6.1A

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Any stylistic device or resource of language that an author or speaker uses to help persuade or make a desired impact on his/her audience.

refute
persuade
convince
rhetorical device

Tags

CCSS.SL.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Debate and advertising are forms of: 

fallacies 
arguments 
persuasion
rebuttals 

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.SL.6.3

CCSS.W.6.1A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

repetition of similar sounds at the beginning of words

alliteration
anaphora
fallacies 
rebuttals 

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.6.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

a brief indirect reference ( to a person, event, object, time period, literary work)

allusion
reason
persuasive reasoning
purpose

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.6.5A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

a questions that is not expected to be answered, used for rhetorical effect or to emphasize an obvious point

position
premise
rhetorical question
opposite argument

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CCSS.L.6.5A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

a short statement that reveals a general truth

persuade
argue
fallacy
aphorism

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