Rhetoric, Author's Purpose, and Central Idea Review

What is the author's purpose for a book series like Harry Potter?

• persuade

• inform

• entertain

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

A website devoted to the conservation of wildlife would most likely be to ?

• persuade

• entertain

• inform

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

What is the author's purpose for a biography ?

• Persuade the reader to change your opinion

• Inform the reader about an important person's life

• Entertain the reader with a funny story

• Express the author's opinion about the person's life

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

An expository essay on your best friend is written most likely to ?

• Inform readers about who and why they are your best friend

• Persuade readers to get a best friend

• Entertain the reader with a story about your best friend

• Express your feelings

A prescription drug commercial featuring a doctor uses this appeal...

• logos

• ethos

• pathos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"Ms. Crisp has taught here for years. Go to her if you have questions about Centennial."

• pathos

• ethos

• logos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What type of appeal is this?

• pathos

• ethos

• logos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What type of appeal is this?

• pathos

• ethos

• logos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

School uniforms are far cheaper than the currently popular fashions. Many students work long hours at a paying job instead of doing homework because they feel they have to "keep up appearances." If students wore uniforms, there would be no need for most of them to have jobs that take away from their study time.

This passage is mostly about?

• popular fashions being expensive

• school uniforms being a good idea.

• students working many hours at jobs.

• teens enjoying wearing uniforms.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is the central idea?

There are many types of lethal venom in the animal kingdom, but perhaps no stranger carrier than the platypus. The platypus is one of few venomous mammals. Males carry a venom cocktail in their ankle spurs that incapacitates victims with excruciating pain. Stranger still, the platypus is the only mammal that uses electroreception. What this means is that the platypus uses its bill to sense the electricity produced by the muscular movements of its prey. The platypus neither sees, hears, nor smells its prey while hunting but, rather, pursues it through electroreception. Perhaps most odd, the platypus is the only mammal that lays eggs rather than giving birth to live young. The platypus is an odd creature indeed.

• Platypus can sense electricity

• Platypus males have a poison ankle spur.

• None of these options

• The platypus is an odd, poisonous creature.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2