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Rhetorical Devices

Authored by Charles Fleming

English

10th - 11th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 2+ times

Rhetorical Devices
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The appeal to logic is also called

pathos
ethos 
logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The appeal to ethics is also called 

pathos
ethos
logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The appeal to emotion is also called

pathos
logos
ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

parallelism 
polysyndeton
connotation
antithesis

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

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