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Rhetorical Terms Review

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

11th Grade

CCSS covered

Rhetorical Terms Review
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The rhetorical technique of stating something again or slightly differently, especially more clearly or convincingly.

Parallelism

Diction

Repetition

Restatement

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The rhetorical technique of using an indirect or passing expression or reference to call something from history or literature to mind without mentioning it explicitly.

Diction

Allusions

Restatement

Repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The rhetorical technique of repeating something that has already been said or written in order to bring attention and emphasis to an idea.

Restatement

Repetition

Allusions

Diction

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The moves and tools that a speaker uses in order to make their message more meaningful, effective, and persuasive.

Rhetorical Techniques

Textual Evidence

Rhetorical Triangle

Rhetorical Précis

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Question asked just for effect or to put emphasis on a point when no real answer is expected

allusion

rhetorical question

anecdote

simile

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

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

a question posed by the speaker which has an obvious answer, no answer, or is the argument the speaker or writer intends to answer in an effort to further prove their argument

syntax

anaphora

rhetorical question

loose/periodic sentence

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

________ is the art or skill of speaking or writing formally and effectively especially as a way to persuade or influence people

Rhetoric

Ethos

Logos

Pathos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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