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Persuasive Academic Vocabulary

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Repeating words or phrases in successive sentences or phrases

a)

counterargument

b)

anaphora

c)

aphorism

d)

metaphor

2.

The technique Martin Luther King, Jr. uses at the beginning of his letter where he addresses his critics is...

a)

counterargument

b)

anaphora

c)

aphorism

d)

metaphor

3.

Arguments containing facts and figures, scientific research, benefits, etc. would utilize what type of appeal?

a)

ethos

b)

pathos

c)

logos

d)

all of the above

4.

A reference to a historical figure, literary work, mythological or religious story, music, etc. is a(n)

a)

alliteration

b)

anaphora

c)

aphorism

d)

allusion

5.

"This carpet is going to be your baby's playground" said to a pregnant woman is an example of what type of appeal?

a)

ethos

b)

pathos

c)

logos

d)

all of the above

6.

"To err is human; to forgive is divine" is an example of what rhetorical device?

a)

alliteration

b)

parallelism

c)

ethos

d)

metaphor

7.

Warning an audience that a politician is "a wolf in sheep's clothing" is an example of which persuasive device?

a)

anaphora

b)

metaphor

c)

alliteration

d)

allusion

8.

Trying to gain a person's trust, prove the rightness or wrongness of something, or prove yourself an authority on a topic is what type of appeal?

a)

ethos

b)

pathos

c)

logos

d)

all of the above

9.

"A penny saved is a penny earned" is an example of what 2 rhetorical devices?

a)

alliteration and allusion

b)

anaphora and metaphor

c)

parallelism and allusion

d)

parallelism and aphorism

10.

Saying a politician "schemed" instead of "planned" is an example of what persuasive technique?

a)

metaphor

b)

allusion

c)

loaded language

d)

alliteration

11.

Reduce, reuse, recycle is an example of what persuasive technique?

a)

Rule of Three

b)

metaphor

c)

anaphora

d)

aphorism

12.

If writers and/or speakers repeat the first letter sound of words to emphasize their points, they are using which rhetorical technique?

a)

allusion

b)

alliteration

c)

parallelism

d)

anaphora