AFOREST Devices

A question that is not expected to be answered verbally but rather to persuade active thinking and listening, or reinforce a point being made is called what?

• Emphasis question
• Rhetorical question
• Understatement
• Deduction

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The use of the same word, phrase, or sound to link and reinforce ideas is an example of which device?

• Restatement
• Alliteration
• Repetition
• Assonance

Deliberate exaggeration or making an overstatement is an example of what device?

• Simile
• Hyperbole
• Rhetoric
• Embellishment

A very brief story, told to illustrate a point or serve as an example of something, is an example of what?

• Bias
• Hyperbole
• Anecdote
• Antithesis

The repetition of identical letters, normally at the beginning of words, is an example of which device?

• Repetition
• Assonance
• Alliteration
• Anaphora

Which of these statements is not a benefit of using a direct address?

• It makes the audience or reader feel included within the speech or writing.
• Can gain the audience's attention quickly, therefore making your ideas more engaging to your target audience.
• When the audience feels they are being directly addressed they are more likely to listen and take note of what is being said.
• The audience feels detached from the comments made by the author/speaker.

Which of these is not a reason to use rhetorical devices?

• To make your writing sound professional.
• To strengthen an argument within your writing.
• To help a reader to remember important ideas.

Would you write in a formal or informal tone when answering the question below:'Create an engaging review of a film you have recently watched for a revered film critics magazine'?

• Formal
• Informal

What is emotive language?

• Words used to have a greater emotional impact.  Words can evoke positive emotions or the goal can be more negative depending on the purpose.
• A question to make people think.
• An idea you wish your audience or reader to take away on reading your response.

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CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

'Cold, tired and hungry' is an example of which rhetoric device?

• Fact
• Opinion
• Triple
• Alliteration

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4