Rhetorical Strategies

An appeal to people's conscience, morals, or ethics

• logos

• ethos

• moros

• pathos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury: we have not only the fingerprints, the lack of an alibi, a clear motive, and an expressed desire to commit the robbery… We also have video of the suspect breaking in. The case could not be more open and shut."

• Logos
• Scare Tactics
• Pathos
• Ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

This is an example of ...

• Logos
• Ethos
• Pathos
• Patriotism

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is connotation? 

• a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept 
• the literal meaning of a word
• a figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated
• all the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

several parts of a sentence or several sentences expressed in similar grammatical form   to show that the ideas are equal in importance 

• repetition
• parallelism
• allusion
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Speaking of a nonhuman thing as if it has human feelings or actions (Ex. The wind moaned.)

• hyperbole
• idiom
• personification
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Which of the below is an example of a simile?

• My dad is a teddy bear.
• Her heart smiled.
• The weight was as light as a feather.
• She was a crazy person.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which rhetorical device uses the same word or phrase over again multiple times to highlight or emphasize an idea?

• parallelism
• repetition
• restatement
• analogy

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

Which rhetorical device uses a comparison to something very different to help someone understand a larger idea?

• parallelism
• repetition
• restatement
• analogy

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

Which of these would most likely be used as a rhetorical question?

• What do we have to fear?
• When should I arrive?
• How has this happened?
• Can we not face our fears?

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6