Rhetoric Review

When guns are outlawed in a state or country, violent crime drops by 50%.

• Logos
• Pathos
• Ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

If guns were illegal, my son would still be alive.

• Logos
• Pathos
• Ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

As a doctor, I am qualified to tell you that this course of treatment will likely generate the best results.

• Logos
• Pathos
• Ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

If we don’t move soon, we’re all going to die! Can’t you see how dangerous it would be to stay?

• Logos
• Pathos 
• Ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which of the following is an example of a rhetorical question?

• Can that man call England or any other kingdom his country?
• As hungry as a horse
• Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore
• Can I borrow a pencil?

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

a person or author makes an indirect reference in speech, text, or song to an event or figure

• allusion

• analysis

• pathos

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

questions that are asked without expecting an answer. Writers ask ______ when they want their audience to think about something or when they are trying to make a point.

• rhetorical questions

• metaphors

• ethos

• juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

words or phrases are repeated in a literary work to bring attention to an idea.

• repetition

• metaphor

• pathos

• oxymoron

What is alliteration?

• 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.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5

“our insistence on hard work and personal responsibility, are constants in our character.” Barack Obama, Inauguration Address
This quote is an example of

• ethos and logos
• parallelism and ethos
• alliteration and ethos
• pathos and alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5