9th Grade English Review

Which rhetorical appeal is this an example of:

"You know me - I've taught Sunday School at your church for years, babysat your children, and served as a playground director for many summers - so you know I can run your preschool."

• logos

• ethos

• pathos

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

Which rhetorical appeal is this an example of:

"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

• ethos

• pathos

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

Which rhetorical appeal is this an example of:

"They've worked against everything we've worked so hard to build, and they don't care who gets hurt in the process. Make no mistake, they're the enemy, and they won't stop until we're all destroyed."

• logos

• ethos

• pathos

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

Writers create imagery through figurative language.  Which is NOT a type of figurative language.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Vivid description of things seen, heard, smelled, touched, or tasted

• Theme

• Allusion

• Imagery

• Sound Devices

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.3D

Which of these sentences includes the best example of foreshadowing?

• When Penny left the house, she didn't know that was the last time she would ever see her family.

• It was cold outside, so Harriet put on a hat and scarf on her way out the door.

• After years of hard word, Trevon was proud to say he'd been accepted to Harvard.

• Greg's favorite food was lasagna; he would eat it every day if he could!

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.5

The development of the confict  and resolution, the sequence of events in the story, and the writer's map for what happens, how it happens, to whom it happens, and when it happens is called-

• setting
• plot
• conflict
• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Identify the rhetorical device:

Wear Nikes. People will notice, people will talk, because people want them.

• rhetorical question

• logos

• metaphor

• anaphora

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Identify the rhetorical device:

The phone was ringing, the dishes were washing, and the dinner was burning.

• anaphora

• metaphor

• parallelism

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

what the writer wants to prove

• claim

• reason

• evidence

• intent

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.9-10.8