rhetorical appeals practice

Match the following

• persuading by logic and reasoning

• logos

• through character/credibility of author

• ethos

• appealing to an audience's emotions

• pathos

Match the following

• no price is too high for peace of mind

• logos

• the data clearly shows we profited

• pathos

• as a doctor, I am qualified to say...

• ethos

What is parallelism, or parallel structure?

• Using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance. This can happen at the word, phrase, or clause level.

• Style of speaking or writing, determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer.

• The repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences.

• The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

________ is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers. It is just a passing comment and the writer expects the reader to possess enough knowledge to spot the allusion and grasp its importance in a text.

• allusion

• rhetorical question

• repetition

• alliteration

a repeated word or phrase, used for emphasis.

• rhetorical question
• repetition
• simile
• allusion

Alliteration Definition:

• Two or more consonants are repeated, but the adjacent vowels differ 

• The repetition of identical or similar syntactic elements (word, phrase, clause).

• the same sound is repeated at the beginning of several words or stressed syllables in close proximity 

• The repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred in the beginning.

Rhetoric is the powerful use of language

• True

• False

A direct comparison of two different things without using the words "like" or "as" (example: Laughter is the music of the soul.)

• allusion

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

_______________ means: a question someone asks without expecting an answer.

• repetition

• allusion

• rhetorical question

• parallelism

"There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, 'When will you be satisfied?'"

• Loaded question

• Rhetorical question

• Explicit language

• Connotation