Rhetorical Analysis Review

Which of the following is NOT important to consider when reading a rhetorical analysis?

• Who the audience is

• Facts about the speaker

• Allusions/metaphors/similes

• The poetical nature of the speech

An appeal to trust, credibility, and ethics is an appeal to...

• Logos

• Ethos

• Pathos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Diction is the literary term that means

• The connections we have with words

• An author's choice of words

• The definition of words

• The common way of speaking with friends

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CCSS.L.9-10.2B

Which types of evidence may NOT be used in a rhetorical analysis?

• historical information

• personal experience

• research data

• expert opinion

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

a brief reference to a famous person or event—often from literature, history, Greek mythology, or the Bible. Example: “He was a real Romeo with the ladies.”

• allusion
• alliteration
• metaphor
• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When writing a rhetorical analysis, it's important to remember to (more than one is possible):

• label the type of emotion used in the piece

• describe the type of diction used in the speech

• identify multiple audiences in this speech

• search for the only one correct meaning