Sasse Rhetorical Analysis Recall Quiz

Re-read the context given at the start of the prompt. The text type of this passage is

• Article

• Op-ed

• Excerpt from The Vanishing American Adult

• Speech

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

A rhetorical choice that Sasse uses in the first three paragraphs of the text is (select all correct options)

• Anecdote

• Personal experience

• Imagery

• Anaphora

After the question "What do our kids do today?" Sasse appeals to ethos by

• Building crediblity by relying on his personal observations as university president

• Building on his shared values with the reader as an individual from Nebraska

• Establishing trust with the reader as a person who, like many college students, held a campus job

• Evoking a sense of guilt in the reader for the ways in which they've made their children "fuzzy-headed"

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"Done right, adolescence is a greenhouse phase" is most aptly described as

• a metaphor

• personification

• a call to action

• a rhetorical question

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

When Sasse notes, "Our efforts to protect our kids from hurt feelings, tedious chores, money worries and the like are well intentioned," what is the rhetorical effect?

• He connects with the audience of parents by conceding that their attempts at protection are "well intentioned."

• He establishes trust with the audience by admitting that he too has acted in this way as a parent.

• He evokes pity for teens who have to endure hurt feelings and tedious chores.

• He establishes a cause and effect relationship between hurt feelings and poor parenting choices.

Which of these sentences from the passage is best described as a call to action to the audience?

• "Last year, we sent our eldest child, Corrie, then 14, to spend a month working on a cattle ranch."

• "Look around your neighborhood and see what ways your kids could serve their community."

• "But she knew that her mild suffering was also a formative experience for a lifetime."

• "Older folks will benefit from the help, and your kids will gain from the perspective of people who’ve been on the planet longer than they have."