Rhetoric Review

What is rhetoric?

• Books, poems, and short stories

• The art of persuasive speaking or writing

• An author's POV

• Biased communication

What are some of the effects that rhetorical choices have on a piece of writing?

• They help set the tone of a text

• They indicate the ideas the speaker wants to emphasize

• They make a piece of writing more likely to be biased

• They help the speaker establish trust and connect with their audience

Which of the following would be an example of a speaker using a rhetorical device?

• The speaker argues using logic and facts.

• The speaker makes the audience laugh.

• The speaker explains they have been studying a topic for 30 years.

• The speaker effectively includes anecdotes in their text, sharing personal stories that highlights the importance of their point-of-view.

In her UN speech on youth education, Malala stated, "Their right to live in peace. Their right to be treated with dignity. Their right to equality of opportunity. Their right to be educated". This is an example of:

• Anaphora

• Epistrophe

• Rhetorical Question

• Antithesis

The line "our mind's eye and our eye's mind see the world they want to" (Zoboi 9) in Punching the Air is an example of:

• Restatement

• Repetition

• Chiasmus

• Ethos

One way Kobe used the rhetorical appeal of pathos in his farewell speech was:

• By making his audience cry because he was going to die.

• By making his audience laugh when he talked about how on any other night people tell him to pass the ball, but not during his farewell game.

• By explaining that he is a die-hard Lakers fan and that he spent 20 years with the organization.

• By using logical reasoning and facts to explain to the audience why he is a great player.

Which of the rhetorical appeals is the best?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• No one appeal or method is the best and typically, speakers use a mix of all three

Which advertisement did we watch in class that used logos to help persuade the audience?

• Phil Swift and Flex Tape because he showed how much weight and under what conditions Flex Tape can hold up.

• The Amazon commercial because it connected to the viewer's emotions by showing someone let down due to Covid-19 cancellations.

• The Nike commercials because they show famous athletes like LeBron and Serena Williams.

• None of the advertisements used logos.

Which of the following will NEVER be an answer for who the intended audience is:

• Young people and teenagers

• Little kids and their parents

• Everyone and everybody

• Small businesses that need to mail a lot of packages.

In his farewell speech, baseball player Lou Gehrig used which of the following rhetorical devices:

• Rhetorical questions when he asked "who wouldn't consider it a privilege" about various aspects of his career.

• Restatement by finding different ways to say how lucky he felt,

• He did not use rhetorical devices because he was trying to be serious in his delivery.

• Hyperbole by exaggerating to express how he felt like the "luckiest man on the face of the earth".