What comprises the best argument?

combination of logos, pathos, and ethos

A reference to either a historical event or another text meant to make a connection between them

A repetition of words or phrases to add emphasis

Something you think you see but is not actually there

A short story meant to draw in the audience and illustrate an idea.

What is the definition of diction?

choice of words by a speaker or writer

Choice of the tone you speak in

"She was born in a town on the other side of the world, in Kansas. Her father worked on oil rigs and farms through most of the Depression. The day after Pearl Harbor my grandfather signed up for duty; joined Patton’s army, marched across Europe."

Obama is telling an anecdote about his family to connect to the audience

Obama is using an allusion to connect it to the historical record

Obama is using the symbol of rural America and war to connect to the audience

Obama is using a verbally ironic tone to highlight the opposite nature of his upbringing

the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

a style of speaking or writing, determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer.

a figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent person or personified quality, object, or idea.

a technique in which a writer ascribes human traits, ambitions, emotions, or entire behaviors to animals, non-human beings, natural phenomena, or objects.

Rhetorical Devices

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English

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8th - 9th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Medium

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CCSS

L.8.6, RI.8.4, RI.11-12.5

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Imagery

Personification

Rhetoric

Rhetorical Question

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When a person or author makes an indirect reference in speech, text, or song to an event or figure. Often the allusions made are to past events or figures, but sometimes allusions are made to current famous people or events.

Imagery

Alliteration

Rhetoric

Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Kobe Bryant is pictured next to Vitamin Water. The caption says, "3 championships and counting.. 1,845 bottles of vitamin water and chugging.. 1 MVP award and long overdue. Try Vitamin Water, it works for Kobe."

ethos only

ethos and logos

logos only

pathos and ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Your words have power. The power to hurt, the power to help. Give power and use them wisely. A report of child abuse is made every ten seconds. Don't let your words be a cause.

repetition and logos

logos only

pathos and repetition

ethos and pathos

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Use L'oreal Paris eye shadow and make your lids as colorful as the rainbow sent after the flood. Be as beautiful as God's promise to Noah.

allusion

simile and allusion

parallel structure

ethois

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

restating words and phrases for emphasis...

climax ordering

alliteration

parallelism

repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

using elements in sentences that are grammatically similar or identical in structure, sound, meaning, or meter...

climax ordering

onomatopoeia

alliteration

parallelism

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

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Rhetorical Devices

40 questions

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

When a person or author makes an indirect reference in speech, text, or song to an event or figure. Often the allusions made are to past events or figures, but sometimes allusions are made to current famous people or events.

Kobe Bryant is pictured next to Vitamin Water. The caption says, "3 championships and counting.. 1,845 bottles of vitamin water and chugging.. 1 MVP award and long overdue. Try Vitamin Water, it works for Kobe."

Your words have power. The power to hurt, the power to help. Give power and use them wisely. A report of child abuse is made every ten seconds. Don't let your words be a cause.

Use L'oreal Paris eye shadow and make your lids as colorful as the rainbow sent after the flood. Be as beautiful as God's promise to Noah.

restating words and phrases for emphasis...

using elements in sentences that are grammatically similar or identical in structure, sound, meaning, or meter...

"Let a man acknowledge his obligations to himself, his family, his country, and his God."

Watch out for him, ladies...he's a Romeo!

Extreme exaggeration

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Rhetorical Devices

40 questions

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

When a person or author makes an indirect reference in speech, text, or song to an event or figure. Often the allusions made are to past events or figures, but sometimes allusions are made to current famous people or events.

Kobe Bryant is pictured next to Vitamin Water. The caption says, "3 championships and counting.. 1,845 bottles of vitamin water and chugging.. 1 MVP award and long overdue. Try Vitamin Water, it works for Kobe."

Your words have power. The power to hurt, the power to help. Give power and use them wisely. A report of child abuse is made every ten seconds. Don't let your words be a cause.

Use L'oreal Paris eye shadow and make your lids as colorful as the rainbow sent after the flood. Be as beautiful as God's promise to Noah.

restating words and phrases for emphasis...

using elements in sentences that are grammatically similar or identical in structure, sound, meaning, or meter.﻿..

"Let a man acknowledge his obligations to himself, his family, his country, and his God."

Watch out for him, ladies...he's a Romeo!

Extreme exaggeration

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