Rhetorical Devices

The appeal to logic is also called

• pathos
• ethos 
• logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The appeal to ethics is also called 

• pathos
• ethos
• logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The appeal to emotion is also called

• pathos
• logos
• ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

A balancing of two opposite or contrasting words, phrases, or clauses 

• parallelism 
• polysyndeton
• connotation
• antithesis

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Deliberate exaggeration, overstatement 

• polysyndeton
• hyperbole
• rhetoric
• embellishment 

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The use of the same word, phrase, or sound to link ideas, reinforce ideas, and create a rhythmic quality 

• restatement 
• alliteration
• repetition
• assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which term best defines the following?
"A short story about a person or event used to make a point."

• Facts
• Anecdote
• Analogy
• Rule of Three

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

A question asked to make a point, not that you want an answer is which of the following rhetorical devices? 

• A. Imagery 
• B. Personification 
• C. Rhetoric 
• E. Rhetorical Question 

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Crafting sentences with items placed in comparable grammatical structures

• antecedent
• anaphora
• modifier
• parallelism

a reference in literature, or in visual or performing arts, to a familiar person, place, thing or event

• metaphor
• allusion
• alliteration
• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4