Persuasive techniques senior final

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.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

In these circumstances student's often take matters into their own hands much like the character Harry Potter created by J.K. Rowling.

• parallelism.
• alliteration.
• repetition.
• 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

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

A similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based is which of the following rhetorical devices? 

• A.Simile
• B.Invective
• C. Alliteration
• D. Analogy

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

He refuses to donate any money to the charity. He is such a Scrooge.

This statement is a(n)...

• allusion

• juxtapose

• simile

• anecdote

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

A question asked to make a point, not that you want an answer is which of the following rhetorical devices?

• rhetorical synopsis
• rhetorical question 
• allusion
• repetition

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

A comparison between two things [Simile/Metaphor/Personification]

• allusion

• analogy

• aphorism

• parallelism

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A brief account of an interesting event; A story or scene.

• pathos

• diction

• anecdote

• allusion

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CCSS.W.11-12.3

CCSS.W.11-12.3A

CCSS.W.11-12.3D

A writer's choice of words; an important element in the writer's voice or style.

• tone

• diction

• vernacular

• examples

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Statistics, studies, and facts for the illustration of an argument; true statements about a topic

• evidence

• pathos

• parallelism

• anaphora

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CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.W.11-12.1

CCSS.W.11-12.1B

CCSS.W.11-12.9