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Rhetorical Precis

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

12th Grade

CCSS covered

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Rhetorical Precis
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How many sentences does a rhetorical precis usually contain?

1

2

3

4

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Overall, the precis' will summarize the text's

length, tone, and rhetorical devices.

details, function, and theme.

diction, syntax, and form.

argument, content, and purpose.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is a Rhetorical Precis?

Summary

Narrative

Argument

Expository

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How does a rhetorical precis differ from a general summary?

It doesn't.

It is not a summary at all.

It considers rhetorical aspects as well as content.

It has the main points of a piece.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

Which of these should begin the rhetorical precis?

Author's major claim/thesis/purpose

Text evidence of strategy

Connections of strategy to thesis

The definition of the strategies used by the author

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What support did Bottoms provide you to assist you with writing your rhetorical precis?

Notes

Sentence Stems

Graphic Organizers

All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The main purpose of the precis' is to

make you write.

make you read.

give you a headache.

set you up for analysis.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

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