Rhetorical Devices & Logical Fallacies
Authored by Sarah Strittmatter
English
8th Grade
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This quiz focuses on rhetorical devices and logical fallacies, core components of persuasive writing and critical thinking skills taught at the 8th grade level. The questions systematically assess students' understanding of Aristotle's three appeals (ethos, pathos, and logos), essential rhetorical devices including parallelism, repetition, simile, analogy, anecdote, and rhetorical questions, as well as common logical fallacies such as bandwagon appeal and circular reasoning. Students need to demonstrate their ability to identify and distinguish between different persuasive techniques, recognize how authors manipulate language structure and content to achieve specific effects, and spot flawed reasoning patterns that can undermine arguments. The content requires students to move beyond basic literary device identification toward understanding the strategic purpose behind each technique and how these tools function within the broader context of persuasive communication. Created by Sarah Strittmatter, an English teacher in the United States who teaches grade 8. This quiz serves as an excellent formative assessment tool to gauge student mastery of fundamental rhetorical analysis skills before advancing to more complex argumentative writing tasks. Teachers can deploy this quiz as a warm-up activity to activate prior knowledge, assign it as homework to reinforce classroom instruction, or use it as a review tool before unit tests on persuasive writing and argument analysis. The multiple-choice format makes it particularly effective for quick comprehension checks and allows students to practice the type of analytical thinking required for standardized assessments. This assessment directly supports Common Core State Standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.8, which requires students to distinguish among facts, reasoned judgment based on research findings, and speculation in text, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.6-8.1, which focuses on writing arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Appeal to logic, including facts and statistics
logos
ethos
pathos
Tags
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Repeating a sentence structure
simile
parallelism
allusion
logos
Tags
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Appeals to emotion
ethos
pathos
logos
Tags
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Using a speaker's credibility (i.e. celebrity/expert endorsement) to persuade others
ethos
logos
pathos
Tags
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
The phrase, "Almost everyone that was asked said that McDonalds is better than Burger King, so it must be true," represents which fallacy?
The Bandwagon Fallacy
Circular Reasoning
Tags
CCSS.L.7.6
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.W.7.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.L.9-10.6
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Mistakes in reasoning are called_________.
logical fallacies
logical lapses
rhetorical devices
reasoning issues
Tags
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI. 9-10.8
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RI.8.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
A logical fallacy that tries to prove an argument...with its own argument.
circular reasoning
bandwagon appeal
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.SL.8.3
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