Rhetorical Analysis Practice

logic, reasoning

• exposition
• tone
• logos
• ethos

rhetorical appeal concerned with how to reach an audience emotionally

• pathos
• ethos
• tone
• syntax

Tags

CCSS.SL.11-12.3

author's attitude toward a subject

• exposition
• tone
• connotation
• voice

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Diction is the literary term that means

• The connections we have with words

• An author's choice of words that help create tone and meaning

• The definition of words

• The common way of speaking with friends

Repetition of grammatical structures

• antecedent
• anaphora
• modifier
• parallelism

Rhetoric is the art of effectively __________ and ___________ to persuade people.

• reading/ writing 
• entertaining/informing
• speaking/writing
• all of the above

A question asked to make a point without expecting an answer is which of the following rhetorical devices? 

• Imagery 

• Hypophora 

• Rhetoric 

• Rhetorical Question 

One way to incorporate pathos into your own speech is to....

• Use emotionally powerful words and description in your argument

• Include research and credible websites
• Interview people to use as proof
• Punch them in the stomach. That'll make 'em feel something for sure.

Which of the following would be a technique that implements logos?

• Using pictures of a hurt child
• Including research 
• Having someone credible who agrees with you
• Making people laugh

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2B

When a speaker tells a short personal story related to their topic or argument, they are using a(n)

• Anecdote
• Analogy
• Flattery
• Hyperbole