Rhetorical Devices

Repetition of successive lines in separate sentences of phrases in a text.

• aphorism

• anecdote

• repetition

• anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The use of a series of words, phrases, or sentences that have similar grammatical form.

• anaphora

• analogy

• repetition

• parallelism

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The recurrence of sounds, words, phrases, lines, or stanzas in a speech.

• repetition

• anaphora

• parallelism

• rhetorical question

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Writers or speakers connect their thinking to the reader's or audience's own ethical or moral belief.

• pathos

• logos

• ethos

• persuasion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

writers or speakers draw on the emotions of the reader of audience.

• logos

• pathos

• ethos

• persuasion

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

A reference in a work of literature to a character, place, or situation from history, music, or another work of literature.

• anaphora

• foreshadowing

• analogy

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

When using any rhetorical device, you are trying to ________ your audience.

• Convince

• Persuade

• Change the mind of

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Convincing your friend to go hiking with you because "they will have a great time" is what rhetorical device?

• Pathos

• Ethos

• Logos

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Pathos=?

• Emotion

• Logic

• Authority

• Statistics

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which rhetorical device should you NOT use in a formal, argumentative essay?

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

• Athos

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D