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WorksheetsFinal Review
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 28mins
What is the definition of "Loaded Words"?
Logic that you should because a large number of others do
A person speaks of his or her experience to make a point
Use of specific words and connotations to get to emotions
Aims to make people associate positive or negative feelings
Which persuasive device involves a person speaking of their experience to make a point?
Bandwagon
Testimonial
Transfer
Snob Appeal
What does the "Bandwagon" persuasive device mean?
Use of specific words and connotations to get to emotions
Aims to make people associate positive or negative feelings
Logic that you should because a large number of others do
A person speaks of his or her experience to make a point
What is the purpose of the "Transfer" persuasive device?
Aims to make people associate positive or negative feelings
Use of specific words and connotations to get to emotions
Logic that you should because a large number of others do
A person speaks of his or her experience to make a point
What does the "Plain Folks" persuasive device involve?
Intentional manipulation of data or statistics to assist your claim
Argues that it is good for people like you and your loved ones
Use of something will make you part of a better group
Attacks the person rather than addressing the issue
What is the definition of "Misuse of Statistics"?
Argues that it is good for people like you and your loved ones
Intentional manipulation of data or statistics to assist your claim
Use of something will make you part of a better group
Attacks the person rather than addressing the issue
Which persuasive device involves attacking the person rather than addressing the issue?
Snob Appeal
Plain Folks
Name-calling
Misuse of Statistics
What does the "False Analogy" logical fallacy involve?
Tries to scare an audience into feeling a certain way
Forces the issue to come to only two possible sides
Discredits an issue by judging the speaker’s character
Argues two things are alike when they only have slight similarities
What is the definition of "False Dilemma"?
Tries to scare an audience into feeling a certain way
Forces the issue to come to only two possible sides
Discredits an issue by judging the speaker’s character
Argues two things are alike when they only have slight similarities
What is the purpose of the "Appeal to Fear" logical fallacy?
Tries to scare an audience into feeling a certain way
Forces the issue to come to only two possible sides
Discredits an issue by judging the speaker’s character
Argues two things are alike when they only have slight similarities
Which logical fallacy discredits an issue by judging the speaker’s character?
False Analogy
False Dilemma
Appeal to Fear
Ad hominem
Persuasive appeal that uses convincing reasons and the logical evidence that supports those reasons
(a)
Persuasive appeal that's used to stir feelings or emotions in the reader
(a)
Persuasive appeal based on character, credibility, and/or reliability of the author
(a)
What is the purpose of the "Snob Appeal" persuasive device?
Argues that it is good for people like you and your loved ones
Use of something will make you part of a better group
Intentional manipulation of data or statistics to assist your claim
Tries to scare an audience into feeling a certain way
Writing, usually nonfiction, that influences the reader.
ethos
persuasion
tone
repetition
Persuasive devices are important tools which we can use to convince others to agree with our viewpoint.
True
False
What is this sentence an example of?
"If you're not a Greader, you're a Soc. And everyone knows that Socs are the enemy."
Loaded Language
False Dilemma
Direct Adress
Name Calling
What is this sentence an example of?
"Only the best for my family. That’s why we eat Kraft."
Plain Folks
Misuse of Statistics
Snob Appeal
Name-calling
Persuasive devices are important tools which we can use to convince others to agree with our viewpoint.
True
False
Persuasive writers often use __, or special patterns of language that help to clarify ideas and engage readers.
identical concepts
contrast devices
counter argument
rhetorical devices
In "The Outsiders", Ponyboy's narration is used by the author to evoke feelings of sadness and anger in the reader(s). What persuasive device is S.E. Hinton using?
Ethos
Imagery
Logos
Pathos
What persuasive device is used in this quote from "The Outsiders"?
"All I could think was: We started it. We started it. We started it!"
Pathos
Repetition
Loaded Language
Bandwagon
What logical fallacy does Darry use in this quote to Ponyboy?
"You just don't use your head."
False Dilemma
Bandwagon
Ad Hominem
Circular Reasoning
What logical fallacy does Dally use in this quote he says to Ponyboy?
"You either get tough like me, or you get hurt. There's no in-between."
Repetition
Ad Hominem
False Dilemma
Loaded Language
What literary device is used in this quote?
"Soda attracted girls like honey attracted flies"
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Oxymoron
Simile
What literary device is used in the following quote:
"I leaped out the window and heard timber crashing and the flames roaring right behind me. "
Personification
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Imagery
What literary device is used in this quote from "The Outsiders"
"I was reminded of Jack London's books"
Personification
Metaphor
Allusion
Hyperbole
Which literary device compares two things using like or as?
Metaphor
Simile
Allusion
Personification
What literary device is an exaggerated statement or claim not meant to be taken literally.
Metaphor
Simile
Allusion
Hyperbole
What literary device compares two seemingly unrelated things by stating that one thing is another, implying a likeness or analogy between them
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Allusion
What literary device gives something non-human, human attributes
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Allusion
What literary device makes an indirect reference to something well-known, like a person, place, event, or work of art, that the writer assumes the reader will recognize
Simile
Allusion
Metaphor
Personification
What literary device is used in this quote:
"Here!" Dally handed me a shirt about sixty-million sizes too big."
Similie
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Oxymoron
