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SAT Prep Rhetorical Devices

Authored by Sarah Kolodziej

English

10th - 12th Grade

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SAT Prep Rhetorical Devices
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Match the definition to the rhetorical device: An attack "on the person" rather than on his or her ideas or reasoning.

allusion

ad hominem

analogy

anecdote

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Match the definition to the rhetorical device: an illustrative story.

allusion

ad hominem

analogy

anecdote

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Match the definition to the rhetorical device: an implicit reference to something.

allusion

ad hominem

analogy

anecdote

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Match the definition to the rhetorical device: an illustrative comparison between things that have a similar function or structure.

allusion

ad hominem

analogy

anecdote

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Match the definition to the rhetorical device: a widely accepted truth.

allusion

ad hominem

aphorism

anecdote

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Match the definition to the rhetorical device: a suggestion that the reader should agree with an idea because a respected authority happens to believe it

appeal to emotion

ad hominem

aphorism

appeal to authority

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Match the definition to the rhetorical device: an attempt to persuade the reader through an emotionally charged anecdote or allusion.

appeal to emotion

ad hominem

aphorism

appeal to authority

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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