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Rhetorical Appeals and Devices

Authored by Freddie Irizarry

English

9th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 2+ times

Rhetorical Appeals and Devices
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

 “Mr. I, did you know that, according to newsweek.com, having a cell phone at school does not lead to lower grades? Apparently, there's no correlation between these two things. I can have my phone without my grades suffering.”

ethos
logos 
pathos

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

“Mr. I, you know that I have good grades and always get my work done. You can trust that I will not misuse my phone in class.”
This is an example of... 

ethos
logos
pathos

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

 “Mr. I, what if there is an emergency at home and my family has no way to communicate with me?"
This is an example of...

pathos
logos 
ethos

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Fortnite map locations, more often than not, are...

metaphorical

similative

alliterative

hyperbolistic

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

To make a point a point by exaggerating is which of the following rhetorical devices?

hyperbole
simile
allusion
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6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 5 pts

How would allusion be defined?

a reference to a famous person, place, event, or piece of literature

words that involve one of the five senses

saying something that is convincing but isn't true

a form or wordplay with similar sounding sounds

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Using direct opposites or two contrasting ideas to communicate an idea, usually in parallel structure, ie. "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."

metaphor

antithesis

antonymission

opposition

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CCSS.L.9-10.1A

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