Rhetorical Appeals and Devices Test Review

________________ was a Greek philosopher who lived in the 4th century BCE.

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Aristocrat

• Socrates

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

______________________ is a Greek word meaning 'character'. It is a means of convincing an audience of the reliable authority or credibility of the speaker/writer.

• Logos

• Pathos

• Ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

_________________ is a Greek word meaning 'suffering' or 'experience', and it is used in persuasive speech as an appeal to the emotions of the audience.

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

____________________ is a Greek word meaning 'a word' or 'reason'. In rhetoric, it is an appeal to logic and reason.

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Identify the rhetorical device being used in this passage.

"When dictators commit atrocities, they depend upon the world to look the other way until those horrifying pictures fade from memory".

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Identify the rhetorical device being used in this passage.

"We've also studied samples of blood and hair for people at the site that tested positive for sarin."

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Identify the rhetorical device being used in this passage.

"It will be recorded that the distance of Hawaii from Japan makes it obvious that the attack was deliberately planned many days or even weeks ago."

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Identify the rhetorical device being used in this passage.

"As Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, I have directed that all measures be taken for our defense."

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Identify the rhetorical device being used in this passage.

"No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory."

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Pick the best rhetorical device that is used in the passage.

"Five score years ago a great American in whose symbolic shadow we stand today signed the Emancipation Proclamation."

• Alliteration

• Nostalgia

• Allusion

• Analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D