Rhetorical Devices

What are rhetorical devices?

• Persuading through language

• Persuading through actions and threats

• A thesis with two assertions

• Asking questions to confuse the audience

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Which rhetorical device uses logic and reasoning as a form of persuasion?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• All three

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Which rhetorical device appeals to people's emotions?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Kairos

• Logos

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Which rhetorical device uses time to persuade an audience?

• Figurative language

• Kairos

• Pathos

• Logos

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

"Tiktok has become a more popular form of social media than Snapchat, with users spending an average of 52 minutes a day in the app over Snapchat's usage at only 30 minutes a day on average." This statement can best be described as...

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• Topic sentence

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"We cannot afford to waste precious time searching for our keys every morning. We need to always be able to locate them on a moment's notice." This statement can best be described as...

• Kairos

• Pathos

• Logos

• Anecdote

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

CCSS.W.2.3

CCSS.W.3.3C

Which rhetorical device uses a short personal story to emphasize a point?

• Kairos

• Anecdote

• Logos

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

 An advertisement that uses this will help you see the facts and help you understand why you need the product.

• Pathos

• Logos

• Repetition

• Kairos

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Which rhetorical device is used in this advertisement?

• Rhetorical questions

• Logos

• Kairos

• Pathos

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

"Free at last!  Free at last!  Thank God Almighty, we are free at last" is an example of which rhetorical device? 

• Anecdote

• Repetition

• Metaphor

• Kairos

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4