WorksheetsRhetorical Devices and Persuasive Techniques
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
What is the persuasive technique known as ethos?
reference to religion, mythology, historical events, pop culture, literature, etc
ethical appeal, means to convince an audience of the author’s credibility or character.
emotional appeal, means to persuade an audience by appealing to their emotions
appeal to logic, means to convince an audience by use of logic or reason
“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?
logos and pathos
ethos and pathos
allusion and pathos
allusion and ethos
What is the definition of a rhetorical device?
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.
appeal to logic, means to convince an audience by use of logic or reason.
A series of techniques used to influence a listener, reader, or audience to believe a certain claim
A reference to religion, mythology, historical events, pop culture, literature, etc
What is pathos?
appeal to logic, means to convince an audience by use of logic or reason.
emotional appeal, means to persuade an audience by appealing to their emotions
ethical appeal, means to convince an audience of the author’s credibility or character.
appeal to one's social group or community
This method of persuasion requires a credible authority to convince the audience.
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
Persuades using a person's credibility
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
Doctors all over the world recommend this type of treatment.
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
What is logos?
Appeals using emotion
Appeals using facts and logic
Appeals using trust and crediblity
What is ethos
Appeals using crediblity, trust
Appeals using logic or facts
Appeal to emotion
A Greek word meaning emotional
What is the persausive technique known as logos?
appeal using a company's visual symbol
appeal to logic, means to convince an audience by use of logic or reason.
ethical appeal, means to convince an audience of the author’s credibility or character.
emotional appeal, means to persuade an audience by appealing to their emotions
“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
logos, pathos, and ethos
ethos and logos
pathos and logos
ethos
“I came, I saw, I conquered.” ...Julius Caesar
This quote's main rhetorical device in use is
parallelism
alliteration
repetition
allusion
“Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.” ...Eleanor Roosevelt
The main rhetorical device at use here is
allusion.
alliteration.
repetition.
parallel structure
Chocolate was her Achilles’ heel.
Which rhetorical device is used to get the point across here?
allusion
alliteration
repetition
parallel structure
“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?
allusion
parallelism
alliteration
parallelism and allusion
“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?
parallelism
allusion
repetition
allusion
What is allusion?
A reference to religion, mythology, historical events, pop culture, literature, etc.
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.
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.
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.
means: a question someone asks without expecting an answer.
anaphora
epistrophe
rhetorical question
parallelism
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..."
antithesis
parallelism
apposition
epistrophe
What rhetorical device is used in the following quote:
"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."
parallelism
apposition
asyndeton
antithesis
__________________ means: two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.
apposition
antimetabole
parallelism
antithesis
Which rhetorical device involves the repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses?
A) Anaphora
B) Epistrophe
C) Alliteration
D) Antithesis
What is the primary purpose of using pathos in persuasive writing?
A) To establish credibility
B) To appeal to emotions
C) To present logical arguments
D) To provide factual evidence
In the sentence 'The wind whispered through the trees,' which rhetorical device is being used?
A) Personification
B) Metaphor
C) Simile
D) Hyperbole
Which of the following is an example of a rhetorical question?
A) Can fish swim?
B) The sun rises in the east.
C) She sells seashells by the seashore.
D) To be or not to be, that is the question.
