Rhetorical Devices Pretest

Rhetoric

• Language designed to have a persuasive effect on its audience.

• A question asked that doesn’t require an answer but makes the audience think to emphasize a point.

• A special type of comparison that helps to illustrate your point.

• A comparison between 2 objects using like or as.

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

Rhetorical Question

• Language designed to have a persuasive effect on its audience.

• A question asked that doesn’t require an answer but makes the audience think to emphasize a point.

• A special type of comparison that helps to illustrate your point.

• A comparison between 2 objects using like or as.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Analogy

• Language designed to have a persuasive effect on its audience.

• A question asked that doesn’t require an answer but makes the audience think to emphasize a point.

• A special type of comparison that helps to illustrate your point.

• A comparison between 2 objects using like or as.

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.L.6.5B

Simile

• Language designed to have a persuasive effect on its audience.

• A question asked that doesn’t require an answer but makes the audience think to emphasize a point.

• A special type of comparison that helps to illustrate your point.

• A comparison between 2 objects using like or as.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

Metaphor

• A comparison between 2 objects that shows them as the same.

• The repeated use of a sentence structure to make a point.

• The repeated use of a word or phrase for an intentional purpose.

• A reference to a significant event, person, etc. for an intentional purpose.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

Parallelism

• A comparison between 2 objects that shows them as the same.

• The repeated use of a sentence structure to make a point.

• The repeated use of a word or phrase for an intentional purpose.

• A reference to a significant event, person, etc. for an intentional purpose.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

Repetition

• A comparison between 2 objects that shows them as the same.

• The repeated use of a sentence structure to make a point.

• The repeated use of a word or phrase for an intentional purpose.

• A reference to a significant event, person, etc. for an intentional purpose.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

Allusion

• A comparison between 2 objects that shows them as the same.

• The repeated use of a sentence structure to make a point.

• The repeated use of a word or phrase for an intentional purpose.

• A reference to a significant event, person, etc. for an intentional purpose.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

Anecdote

• A short story that is used to make a point.

• To convince an audience of the author's credibility or character.

• the emotional appeal, means to persuade an audience by appealing to their emotions.

• The appeal to logic, means to convince an audience by use of logic or reason.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Ethos

• A short story that is used to make a point.

• To convince an audience of the author's credibility or character.

• the emotional appeal, means to persuade an audience by appealing to their emotions.

• The appeal to logic, means to convince an audience by use of logic or reason.

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5