Rhetorical Devices and Persuasive Techniques Quiz

Rhetorical Devices and Persuasive Techniques Quiz

11th Grade

13 Qs

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Rhetorical Devices and Persuasive Techniques Quiz

Rhetorical Devices and Persuasive Techniques Quiz

Assessment

Quiz

English

11th Grade

Hard

CCSS
L.4.5, RI.11-12.5, RL.2.4

+15

Standards-aligned

Created by

Deadra Jones

Used 13+ times

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13 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

_______________ means: a question someone asks without expecting an answer.

anaphora

epistrophe

rhetorical question

parallelism

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

__________________ means: two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.

apposition

antimetabole

parallelism

antithesis

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

________________ means: a repeated grammatical pattern

anthimeria

parallelism

asyndeton

antimetabole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What rhetorical device is used in the following quote:

"We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne..."

antithesis

parallelism

apposition

epistrophe

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What rhetorical device is used in the following quote:

"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."

parallelism

apposition

asyndeton

antithesis

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What rhetorical device is used in the following quote: "Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled, that force must be called in to win back our love?"

parallelism

rhetorical question

anthimeria

antithesis

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What is the persuasive technique known as ethos?

A reference to religion, mythology, historical events, pop culture, literature, etc

ethical appeal, means to convince an audience of the author’s credibility or character.

emotional appeal, means to persuade an audience by appealing to their emotions

appeal to logic, means to convince an audience by use of logic or reason

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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