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Rhetorical Terms Review

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

11th Grade

CCSS covered

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Rhetorical Terms Review
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The assertion that is in opposition to the speaker’s claim. This is the claim that the speaker must argue against.

Claim

Counterclaim

Text

Purpose

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A highly structured four-sentence paragraph that summarizes the content of and analyzes the delivery of an argument.

Rhetorical Techniques

Rhetorical Triangle

Rhetorical Précis

Parallelism

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The stylistic choice of words and phrases in speech or writing. The characteristic of these choices of words and phrases.

Parallelism

Diction

Allusion

Purpose

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

1 min • 1 pt

When a speaker uses a repetitive structure of words or phrases within a sentence or a group of sentences. By making each compared item or idea in a sentence follow the same grammatical pattern, a parallel construction is created.

Parallelism

Restatement

Repetition

Diction

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The use of words in a way that deviates from conventional or literal meaning. This type of language helps make an argument more meaningful, colorful, evocative, and stylistic.

Rhetorical Techniques

Rhetorical Triangle

Rhetorical Précis

Figurative Language

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The circumstances (like time, place, and occasion) that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea in a way that it can be fully understood and assessed.

Text

Context

Allusions

Diction

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

the demand in society, the situation that prompts someone to speak or take action; this is often outside of their control

exigence

context

audience

purpose

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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