Rhetorical Appeals and Devices

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An argument based on FEELINGS

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Pathos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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An argument based on credibility or ethics; it appeals to good nature

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Ethos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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An argument based on facts, evidence, or reasons

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Logos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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Which rhetorical device is being used in the following speech? “Indifference elicits no response. Indifference is not a response. Indifference is not a beginning; it is an end. And, therefore, indifference is always the friend of the enemy, for it benefits the aggressor–never his victim, whose pain is magnified when he or she feels forgotten.”

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anaphora

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

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Which rhetorical device is used in this Bible verse? "When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me." Options: Antithesis, Epistrophe, Allusion, Chiasmus

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Epistrophe

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

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Identify the rhetorical device in the passage: "When dictators commit atrocities, they depend upon the world to look the other way until those horrifying pictures fade from memory."

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Pathos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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Identify the rhetorical device in the passage: "We've also studied samples of blood and hair for people at the site that tested positive for sarin." Options: Ethos, Pathos, Logos

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Logos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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Identify the rhetorical device in the passage: "As Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, I have directed that all measures be taken for our defense."

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Ethos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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Identify the rhetorical device in: “Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.”
– Socrates (5th Century B.C.)
Options: allusion, juxtaposition, chiasmus, connotation

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chiasmus

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CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

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What rhetorical device is being used in this movie quote? "Do I have a mark on my face? It hurts. Not so much here or here, but right here."

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meiosis

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6