Rhetorical Devices

Rhetoric

• the art of using language persuasively

• techniques writers use to enhance their arguments and communicate effectively

• explaining something using all five senses

• comparing something not alive to being human

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.W.8.2D

Which literary device is shown in the lyric: "Seventeen and we got a dream to have a family, a house and everything in between. Suddenly, we turn Twenty-three, pressure for taking our life more seriously, We got our dead-end jobs and got bills to pay" (Blanco, Halsey, Khalid).

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Juxtaposition

• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Rhetorical Devices use words in a certain way to convey meaning or to persuade.

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which of the following is a "rhetorical question"?

(Meaning a question that doesn't need to be answered.)

• Who was president of the United States during World War 2?

• Are you crazy?

• What type of animal is a platypus?

• When is lunch?

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CCSS.L.8.5A

The following is an example of which rhetorical device?

“We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender.”

• Hyperbole

• Juxtaposition

• Repetition

• Analogy

What is a claim?

• Statement that something is true or correct

• Statement that goes against what the author states is correct

• Facts that support the author's argument

• Statement that summarizes the author's argument

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CCSS.RI.8.8

What is supporting evidence?

• Statement that goes against the author's claim

• Facts or data that backs up the author's claim

• Statement that something is true and correct

• Statement that explains why the claim was made

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.W.8.1B

CCSS.W.8.9A

Which Question Is Rhetorical ?

• "Do you want to teach the class today?"

• "Can I come over after school?"

• "Would you like something to drink?"

• "May I use the Restroom?"

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CCSS.L.8.5A

Is A Rhetorical Question meant to be Answered ?

• Yes

• No

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CCSS.RI.8.8

Rhetorical questions are used to:

• emphasize a point

• make readers reflect

• Both of the answers are correct

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.8.6