WorksheetsRHETORICAL ANALYSIS VOCABULARY
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 49mins
Rhetoric deals with the art of argument and (a) .
An attack or reaction to the person rather than the person’s point/argument
ad hominem
bandwagon
circular reasoning
either/or
portraying someone or something by slanting it in a positive or negative way.
A type of Ad Hominem fallacy in which unfair negative association with another person or group is intended to discredit the opponent
Red Herring
Appeal to Nature
Bandwagon
Circular Reasoning
Guilt by Association
Dismissing someone's viewpoint based on their hypocrisy on that issue.
Ad Hominem
Tu Quoque
Genetic Fallacy
Appeal to the People
A false argument that tries to discredit an opponent because of his background, affiliations, or self-interest in the matter at hand.
tu quoque
ad hominem circumstantial
ad hominem abusive
genetic fallacy
Pick one that represents the image
abusive ad hominem
circumstantial ad hominem
tu quoque
guilt by association
Pick one that represents the image
abusive ad hominem
circumstantial ad hominem
tu quoque
guilt by association
Pick one that represents the image
abusive ad hominem
circumstantial ad hominem
tu quoque
guilt by association
An argument that attempts to avoid the issue by insulting an opponent with ugly or unfair names.
tu quoque
ad hominem circumstantial
ad hominem abusive
genetic fallacy
Which fallacy's definition is, "when a limited number of choices, outcomes, or views are presented as the only possibilities when, in fact, more possibilities exist?"
Hasty Generalization
False Dilemma/ Either-Or
Post Hoc
Which fallacy's definition is when "conclusions [are] drawn from insufficient [or not enough] information?"
Hasty Generalization
Either-Or/False Dilemma
Post Hoc
Which logical fallacy's definition is "because an event occurred first, it must have caused this later event?"
Hasty Generalization
Either-Or/False Dilemma
Post Hoc
Which logical fallacy is this?
"Seeing that it is dark outside makes me feel tired; darkness causes tiredness."
Hasty Generalization
Either-Or/False Dilemma
Post Hoc
Which logical fallacy is this?
"My wish came true because I wished on a star."
Hasty Generalization
Either-Or/False Dilemma
Post Hoc
Which fallacy is this?
"I ate in three restaurants in Chicago and didn’t like the experience. There are no good restaurants in Chicago. "
Hasty Generalization
Either-Or/False Dilemma
Post Hoc
Which logical fallacy is this?
"You surveyed 20 homeschooling moms and fifteen of them said they work with a rigid schedule. You deduce that “75% of all homeschooling moms work with a tight schedule.”"
Hasty Generalization
Either-Or/False Dilemma
Post Hoc
Which fallacy is this?
"Drink water every day and be healthy, or continue to drink sodas and be unhealthy. Those are the only options."
Hasty Generalization
False Dilemma/Either-Or
Post Hoc
Which fallacy is this?
"Either we raise taxes, or our economy will collapse!”
Hasty Generalization
False Dilemma/Either-Or
Post Hoc
Which fallacy is this?
"When I was young, my dad and brothers never helped with the household chores. All men are useless in the house."
Hasty Generalization
Either-Or/False Dilemma
Post Hoc
McDonald's Hamburgers, over 99 billion served.
Post Hoc
False Analogy
Red Herring
Bandwagon
Billy - "A tomato is a fruit." Bobby - "Don't listen to Billy; he failed Spanish class last year. "
false dilimma
false dilemma
We should abolish the death penalty. Even Taylor Swift is opposed to it.
Hasty Generalization
Bandwagon
Straw Man
Appeal to Authority
Justin's mom gets his phone bill, and he has gone over the limit. He begins talking to her about how hard his math class is and how well he did on a test today.
False Analogy
Hasty Generalization
Red Herring
False Dilemma
Water fluoridation affects the brain. Five months after fluoridation began, students' test scores began to drop citywide .
Post Hoc
Hasty Generalization
Red Herring
Circular Reasoning/ Begging the Question
Luke didn't want to eat his vegetables, but his father told him to think about the poor, starving children in a third world country who don't have anything to eat.
Hasty generalization
Appeal to Emotion
Post Hoc
Ad Populum
Doctors refer to medical books all the time when they are treating patients. In the same way, I should be allowed to use a text book in my medical exam.
False analogy/Faulty Comparison
Straw Man
Red Herring
Circular Reasoning/ Begging the Question
How would you define the term LOGOS when discussing rhetorical appeals?
invokes an emotional response
establishes author’s credibility
or character
uses logical reasoning and facts
How would you define the term ETHOS when discussing rhetorical appeals?
invokes an emotional response
establishes author’s credibility
or character
uses logical reasoning and facts
How would you define the term PATHOS when discussing rhetorical appeals?
invokes an emotional response
establishes author’s credibility
or character
uses logical reasoning and facts
How do you define rhetoric?
fictional writing, generally meant to make the reader questions their beliefs
writing or speech that is intentionally persuasive
an author's use of figurative, or creative, language in their works
a speech typically presented to a student body and attempting to change their viewpoint on a topic
Facts, research, surveys, statistics, charts or diagrams, definitions, and examples would support which rhetorical appeal?
Logos
Ethos
Pathos
Trustworthiness, including author’s background and qualifications, authority, and reputation all support which rhetorical appeal?
Ethos
Logos
Pathos
Which type of rhetorical appeal is used in the following sentence: "Cardiologists recommend Ecotrin more than any other brand of aspirin."
Pathos
Logos
Ethos
Which type of rhetorical appeal is used in the following sentence: "A commercial shows an image of a happy couple riding in a Corvette."
Pathos
Logos
Ethos
Which type of rhetorical appeal is used in the following sentence: "A 32 oz. bottle of Tide holds enough to wash 32 loads."
Pathos
Logos
Ethos
Which type of rhetorical appeal is used in the following sentence: "A child who forgot to use bug spray is shown covered in bug bites."
Pathos
Logos
Ethos
_______________ means: someone asks this without expecting an answer.
anaphora
epistrophe
rhetorical question
parallelism
________________ means: a repeated grammatical pattern
anthimeria
parallelism
asyndeton
antimetabole
What rhetorical device is used in the following quote:
"We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne..."
oxymoron
parallelism
analogy
personification
Which of the following rhetorical devices describes the similarity between features of two unlike things in order to make a point?
Simile
Invective
Alliteration
Analogy
Things being seen or placed close together in order to show contrasting effects.
Paradox
Juxtaposition
Parallelism
Allusion
Which of the following rhetorical devices describes a statement that seems impossible because the ideas contradict but have an element of truth?
Paradox
Hyperbole
Satire
Oxymoron
An indirect reference in speech, text, or song to an event or figure.
Imagery
Alliteration
Rhetoric
Allusion
giving human qualities to an inanimate object...
parallelism
concrete
audience contact
personification
Restating words and phrases for emphasis is called what?
Metaphor
Simile
Parallelism
Repetition
Watch out for him, ladies...he's a Romeo!
This is an example of...
Personification
Alliteration
Caricature
Allusion
Diction is
a figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent person or personified quality, object, or idea.
the dictionary definition or literal meaning of a word.
the style of speaking or writing, determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer.
the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
Juxtaposition is
a style of speaking or writing, determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer.
things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
a figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent person or personified quality, object, or idea.
a technique in which a writer ascribes human traits, ambitions, emotions, or entire behaviors to animals, non-human beings, natural phenomena, or objects.
Which of the following is an example of personification?
The world is a stage.
Your eyes are like sunshine.
The iron gates looked down at them cruelly.
She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
There are roaches infesting the office of a pest control service.
All’s fair in love and war.
Parallelism
Anger is a monster waiting to devour happiness.
Bill is a cheerful pessimist.
Sometimes paddling upstream is smoother than flowing with the current.
Oxymoron
This image is an example of a...
caricature
hyperbole
metaphor
simile
