Benchmark review

This is a reference to a piece of literature, something in history, or the Bible.

• Allusion
• Alliteration
• Simile
• Personification

"In taking all of this corruption into account, are you still going to give this organisation your hard-earned money?"
Is an example of...

• Alliteration
• A Rhetorical Question
• Consonance
• Appeal to Hip-pocket 

This is a direct comparison of two unlike things which uses words such as "like" or "as".

• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Personification
• Simile

This is the literary device that is used to give inanimate objects human qualities.

• Metaphor
• Personification
• Alliteration
• Simile

"Baby, you're a firework" is an example of what?

• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following is not a "cliche"?

• Time will tell.
  
• Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
• As light as a feather.
  
• You really need to sit down.

I'm sure I've asked you a thousand times to clean your room.

• Hyperbole
• Figure of speech
• Evaluative vocab
• Appeal to emotions and values

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

What is the persuasive technique known as ethos?

• A reference to religion, mythology, historical events, pop culture, literature, etc
• ethical appeal, means to convince an audience of the author’s credibility or character.
  
• emotional appeal, means to persuade an audience by appealing to their emotions
  
• appeal to logic, means to convince an audience by use of logic or reason

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is allusion?

• A reference to religion, mythology, historical events, pop culture, literature, etc.
• The repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of words. ____________ is fun to say and enjoyable to hear, and it’s used to call attention to certain words.
• A rhetorical technique in which the writer emphasizes the equal value or weight of two or more ideas by expressing them in the same grammatical form.
• A classic technique in presentation and speech making. It helps tie the theme together, and it creates clarity for the listener. Additionally, we remember words and phrases more readily when they are packaged in threes.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What is pathos?

• appeal to logic, means to convince an audience by use of logic or reason.
• emotional appeal, means to persuade an audience by appealing to their emotions
• ethical appeal, means to convince an audience of the author’s credibility or character.
• appeal to one's social group or community

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5