Rhetoric

Rhetoric

Assessment

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English

9th - 12th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RI.11-12.5, RI.3.5, L.11-12.6

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Rhetoric is

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

the use of a word referring to or replacing a used earlier in a sentence to avoid repetition.

quality of being amusing or comic

 art of persuasion, which along with grammar and logic

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are the three most common appeals?

alliteration,

rhetoric

rhetorical devices

Ethos

Logos,

Pathos

Essay

expository

Persuasive

Humor

laughter

defeat

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a hyperbole?

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning adjacent or closely related connected words

an appeal to emotions

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

quality of being amusing or comic

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a rhetorical device?

is a technique that an author or speaker uses to convey to the listener or reader a meaning with the goal of persuading them

the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning adjacent or closely related connected words

the use of a word referring to or replacing a used earlier in a sentence to avoid repetition.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Live simply so that others might simply live. (Gandhi)

This is an example of what?

Anaphora

Chiasmus

Repetition

Rhetoric

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Which Appeal is being used?

kairos

logos

ethos

pathos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Which Appeal is being used?

Pathos

ethos

logos

kairos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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