RHETORICAL STRATEGIES

What is the study of rhetoric concerned with?

• The study of historical documents

• The practice of public speaking only

• Writing or speaking as a means of communication or persuasion

• The analysis of numerical data

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CCSS.SL.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

Which of the following is NOT one of Aristotle's Three Appeals?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• Rhetoric

What does 'Ethos' appeal to in Aristotle's Three Appeals?

• Emotion evoked in the audience

• Reasons and logic of the content

• Credibility of the speaker

• The use of inclusive language

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CCSS.SL.9-10.3

What aspect of a speech does 'Pathos' appeal to according to Aristotle's Three Appeals?

• The speaker's confidence and poise

• The emotion evoked in the audience

• The logical structure of the arguments

• The use of past references

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CCSS.SL.9-10.3

What is the purpose of using 'Inclusive Language' in a speech?

• To demonstrate the speaker's vocabulary

• To help the audience relate to the speaker

• To evoke strong emotions about the past

• To adhere to the subject and theme of the speech

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CCSS.SL.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

What is anaphora?

• The repetition of a sound in the first syllable of each phrase of group of words.

• The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of two or more successive phrases, clauses, or lines.

• The repetition of vowel sounds in non-rhyming words.

• The repetition of consonant sounds within words or ending words.

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which of the following is an example of parallelism?

• "Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." – Yoda

• "This generation of soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen have volunteered in the time of certain danger."

• "With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day." – Martin Luther King, Jr.

• "Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country." – JFK

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CCSS.L.9-10.1A

What does alliteration refer to?

• The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of two or more successive phrases, clauses, or lines.

• The repetition of vowel sounds in non-rhyming words.

• The repetition of a sound in the first syllable of each phrase of group of words.

• The repetition of consonant sounds within words or ending words.

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which rhetorical device involves the inversion of normal word order?

• Anaphora

• Anastrophe

• Assonance

• Anadiplosis

What is assonance?

• The repetition of vowel sounds in non-rhyming words.

• The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of two or more successive phrases, clauses, or lines.

• The repetition of consonant sounds within words or ending words.

• The repetition of a sound in the first syllable of each phrase of group of words.

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4