JFK: Rhetorical Appeals and Rhetorical Devices

"We meet at a college noted for knowledge, in a city noted for progress. in a

state noted for strength, and we stand in need of all three, for we meet in an

hour of change and challenge, in a decade of hope and fear, in an age of

both knowledge and ignorance." JFK uses what type of an appeal in an attempt connect with his audience?

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Many years ago the great British explorer George Mallory, who was to die on

Mount Everest, was asked why did he want to climb it. He said, "Because it is

there." This is an example of....

• analogy

• allusion

• metaphor

• imagery

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds."

This is an example of

• an appeal to logos

• an appeal to ethos

• an appeal to pathos

• an appeal to logos which uses anaphora

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"We set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained, and new rights to be won...." contains

• metaphor and parallel structure

• metaphor

• simile

• simile and parallel structure

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Surely the opening vistas of space promise high costs and hardships, as well as high reward." This line from the speech contains...

• simile

• imagery

• hyperbole

• alliteration

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Those who came before us made certain that this country rode the first waves

of the industrial revolution, the first waves of modern invention, and the first

wave of nuclear power....." This line from the text contains

• repetition

• metaphor

• repetition and metaphor

• repetition, metaphor as well as an appeal to pathos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"Within these last 19 months at least 45 satellites have circled the earth. Some

40 of them were "made in the United States of America" and they were far

more sophisticated and supplied far more knowledge to the people of the

world than those of the Soviet Union." This contains which type of appeal?

• an appeal to ethos

• an appeal to pathos

• an appeal to logos

• appeals to ethos, pathos and logos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"....carrying all

the equipment needed for propulsion, guidance,

control, communications, food and survival, on an

untried mission, to an unknown celestial body,

and then return it safely to earth, re-entering the

atmosphere at speeds of over 25,000 miles per

hour, causing heat about half that of the

temperature of the sun—almost as hot as it is

here today—....." contains which device?

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

• allusion

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"The growth of our science and education will be enriched by new knowledge

of our universe and environment, by new techniques of learning and mapping

and observation, by new tools and computers for industry, medicine, the

home as well as the school. Technical institutions, such as Rice, will reap the

harvest of these gains." This is an example of

• metaphor

• metaphor and an appeal to logos

• imagery

• an appeal to logos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"To be sure, all this costs us all a good deal of money." This is an important part of persuasion- acknowledging the "other side" called.....

• concession

• a rhetorical question

• humorous anecdote

• imagery

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5