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Persuasive Rhetoric Academic Vocabulary

Authored by Margaret Anderson

English

9th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

Persuasive Rhetoric Academic Vocabulary
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The reason a writer writes (to inform, to persuade, to entertain, to explain, to describe)

claim
bias
diction 
purpose

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Statements that sound logical or factual, but are not 

fallacies
claims
statistics 
facts

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Doing something because everyone else is doing it

glittering generalities 
bandwagon 
fear tactics
testimonial

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A writer's or speaker's statement on a position or issue

fact
fallacy
bias 
claim 

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Using different words that have the same meaning in an argument (talking in circles)

hasty generalization 
glittering generalities 
fear tactics 
circular reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another; usually in a way to be considered to be unfair 

bias
claim 
ethos 
fallacy

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An author's word choices

pathos
rhetoric 
diction 
claim 

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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