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WorksheetsRhetorical Devices and Persuasive Techniques
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 10mins
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1.
What is the definition of a rhetorical device?
a)
A classic technique in presentation and speech making. It helps tie the theme together, and it creates clarity for the listener. Additionally, we remember words and phrases more readily when they are packaged in threes.
b)
appeal to logic, means to convince an audience by use of logic or reason.
c)
A series of techniques used to influence a listener, reader, or audience to believe a certain claim
d)
A reference to religion, mythology, historical events, pop culture, literature, etc
2.
What is the persuasive technique known as ethos?
a)
A reference to religion, mythology, historical events, pop culture, literature, etc
b)
ethical appeal, means to convince an audience of the author’s credibility or character.
c)
emotional appeal, means to persuade an audience by appealing to their emotions
d)
appeal to logic, means to convince an audience by use of logic or reason
3.
What is allusion?
a)
A reference to religion, mythology, historical events, pop culture, literature, etc.
b)
The repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of words. ____________ is fun to say and enjoyable to hear, and it’s used to call attention to certain words.
c)
A rhetorical technique in which the writer emphasizes the equal value or weight of two or more ideas by expressing them in the same grammatical form.
d)
A classic technique in presentation and speech making. It helps tie the theme together, and it creates clarity for the listener. Additionally, we remember words and phrases more readily when they are packaged in threes.
4.
What is pathos?
a)
appeal to logic, means to convince an audience by use of logic or reason.
b)
emotional appeal, means to persuade an audience by appealing to their emotions
c)
ethical appeal, means to convince an audience of the author’s credibility or character.
d)
appeal to one's social group or community
5.
What is alliteration?
a)
A reference to religion, mythology, historical events, pop culture, literature, etc.
b)
The repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of words. ____________ is fun to say and enjoyable to hear, and it’s used to call attention to certain words.
c)
A rhetorical technique in which the writer emphasizes the equal value or weight of two or more ideas by expressing them in the same grammatical form.
d)
A classic technique in presentation and speech making. It helps tie the theme together, and it creates clarity for the listener. Additionally, we remember words and phrases more readily when they are packaged in threes.
6.
What is the persausive technique known as logos?
a)
appeal using a company's visual symbol
b)
appeal to logic, means to convince an audience by use of logic or reason.
c)
ethical appeal, means to convince an audience of the author’s credibility or character.
d)
emotional appeal, means to persuade an audience by appealing to their emotions
7.
“our insistence on hard work and personal responsibility, are constants in our character.” Barack Obama, Inauguration Address
This quote is an example of
This quote is an example of
a)
ethos and logos
b)
parallelism and ethos
c)
alliteration and ethos
d)
pathos and alliteration
8.
“I promised I would not say that she [Carly Fiorina] ran Hewlett-Packard into the ground, that she laid off tens of thousands of people and she got viciously fired. I said I will not say it, so I will not say it”...Presidential Nominee Donald Trump
This quote is an example of
This quote is an example of
a)
logos, pathos, and ethos
b)
ethos and logos
c)
pathos and logos
d)
ethos
9.
He was a Good Samaritan yesterday when he helped the lady start her car.
This sentence uses
This sentence uses
a)
parallelism.
b)
alliteration.
c)
repetition.
d)
allusion.
10.
“I came, I saw, I conquered.” ...Julius Caesar
This quote's main rhetorical device in use is
This quote's main rhetorical device in use is
a)
parallelism
b)
alliteration
c)
repetition
d)
allusion
11.
“Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.” ...Eleanor Roosevelt
The main rhetorical device at use here is
The main rhetorical device at use here is
a)
allusion.
b)
alliteration.
c)
repetition.
d)
parallel structure
12.
Chocolate was her Achilles’ heel.
Which rhetorical device is used to get the point across here?
Which rhetorical device is used to get the point across here?
a)
allusion
b)
alliteration
c)
repetition
d)
parallel structure
13.
“Yesterday, December 7th, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan”...FDR
Which rhetorical devices and/or persuasive techniques are used in the above statement?
Which rhetorical devices and/or persuasive techniques are used in the above statement?
a)
logos and pathos
b)
ethos and pathos
c)
allusion and pathos
d)
allusion and ethos
14.
“Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”...Abraham Lincoln
Which techniques are used in the above passage from The Gettysburg Address?
Which techniques are used in the above passage from The Gettysburg Address?
a)
allusion
b)
parallelism
c)
alliteration
d)
parallelism and allusion
15.
“I’ve known rivers:I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.My soul has grown deep like the rivers.” ...Langston Hughes
Which technique is used prominently in the above line of Hughes' poem?
Which technique is used prominently in the above line of Hughes' poem?
a)
parallelism
b)
allusion
c)
repetition
d)
allusion
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