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Analyzing Rhetorical Devices

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

10th Grade

CCSS covered

Analyzing Rhetorical Devices
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which rhetorical appeal is based on logic and uses facts and statistics?

Ethos

Pathos

Logos

Kairos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

In Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal," the use of specific statistics about poor children is an example of:

Pathos

Ethos

Logos

Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The quote "The glittering sword is whet, and held over them, and the pit hath opened her mouth under them" is an example of:

Logos

Ethos

Pathos

Syllogism

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which rhetorical appeal primarily uses facts, statistics, and logical reasoning?

Ethos

Pathos

Logos

Kairos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The quote "There only remain a hundred and twenty thousand children of poor parents annually born" from Swift's "A Modest Proposal" is an example of:

Pathos

Ethos

Logos

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT typically associated with pathos?

Emotional examples

Imagery

Citations from specialists

Narratives of emotional events

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The Declaration of Independence appeals to "the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God" as an example of:

Logos

Pathos

Ethos

Analogy

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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