Rhetoric Quiz

The art of persuasive speaking or writing.

• Rhetorical Question

• Rhetorical Device

• Rhetoric

• Rhetoric Analysis

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

An ethical appeal in which the speaker or writer is trustworthy, credible, and knowledgeable about a topic.

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Appeal to emotions

• All of the above

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Appeal to logic or fact

• Logos

• Appeal

• Ethos

• Pathos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of several words in a sequence. Ex. "This sweltering summer..."

• Repetition

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The comparison of two unlike things by using the words "like" or "as," Ex. Righteousness like a mighty stream..."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Figurative Language

• Appeal

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A list of successive words or phrases with the same or very similar grammatical structure. Ex. "And they have come to realize that their freedom in inextricably bound to our freedom."

• Rhetoric

• Appeal

• Prediction

• Parallelism

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

A comparison of two different things by speaking about one in terms of the other. Ex."But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt."

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

A short reference to a familiar person, place, thing, or event. Ex. "Five score years ago..." this is an _________ to Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address"

• Appeal

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Analyze

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of successive phrases or sentences. Ex. "One Hundred years later..." "One hundred years later..."

• Anaphora

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4