Rhetorical Devices

What is an allusion?

• A short summary of an event; a story told to back up a point

• A speaker or character who tells a story.

• A reference to a well-known person, place, event, or literary work.

• The difference between expectation and result.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the best definition for repetition?

• repeating a specific phrase to add rhythm or structure

• repeating a word or phrase to add emphasis

• word choice that is used to make the reader feel a specific emotion

• referring to well-known people, books, or institutions

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the best definition for rhetorical questions?

• Repeating a specific phrase to add structure or rhythm.

• Repeating a word or phrase for emphasis.

• Comparing two unlike things for emphasis.

• A question that has an obvious answer, only used to further an argument

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

I remember learning how to swim. I took lessons at the community pool in the town where I grew up. One of the lifeguards, Ms. Jen, really helped me get comfortable with holding my breath. She'd play this bobbing game with us that had a fun song to go along with it. Whenever I get in a pool, I still sing that song in my head.

This is an example of what device?

• Anecdote

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Call to Action

His words were like daggers to her heart.

• Metaphor

• Repetition

• Personification

• Simile

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

“Nory was a Catholic because her mother was a Catholic, and Nory’s mother was a Catholic because her father was a Catholic, and her father was a Catholic because his mother was a Catholic, or had been.”

• Personification

• Euphemism

• Repetition

• Alliteration

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

To make his point about how he felt about winning the scholarship in his speech he yelled out, "I'm the king of the world!" (from Titanic).

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Exaggeration

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What rhetorical appeal is used here:

"So here are just a few statistics on the human toll of illegal immigration. According to a 2011 government report, the arrests attached to the criminal alien population included an estimated 25,000 people for homicide, 42,000 for robbery..."

• Logos

• Pathos

• Ethos

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What is the rhetorical device in this example?

A boyfriend begs his girlfriend to stay with him, claiming "If you really love me, you'll give me time to change my ways."

• Logos

• Pathos

• Ethos

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

 "As a doctor, I am qualified to tell you that this course of treatment will likely generate the best results." This is an example of...

• pathos

• ethos

• logos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5