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Rhetorical Slant

Authored by FELICITY SWAFFORD

English

9th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 10+ times

Rhetorical Slant
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Using words or phrases that make someone look less important 

Downplayer
Dysphemis
Hyperbole
Innuendo

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When an opinion is stated as if it were a fact, which it is not, and uses biased language

Slanters

Rhetorical Analogy

Rhetorical Explanation

Rhetorical Definition

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The use of language to IMPLY something without actually saying it (reading between the lines)

Innuendo

Sarcasm

Hyperbole

Slanter

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Use of comparing how two unlike things can be the same

Truth Surrogate
Rhetorical Definition
Rhetorical Analogy
Rhetorical Explanation

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Hinting that proof exists to support what you are saying but never actually citing that proof (e.g. "Studies show...")

Slanter

Truth Surrogates

Ridicule

Dysphemism

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

blaming or exaggerating someone's argument or another organization to prove a point

truth surrogate

straw man

slippery slope

sarcasm

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

comparing two things that are not really the same; sometimes doesn't make sense to compare them

rhetorical analogy

faulty analogy

sarcasm

truth surrogate

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

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