Rhetoric

What is repetition?

• the act of saying or doing something more than once

• language that causes people to imagine pictures in their mind

• a question that is not asked in order to receive an answer from the audience or reader

• words or phrases that are intended to stir up emotions

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is a rhetorical question?

• the act of saying or doing something more than once

• language that causes people to imagine pictures in their mind

• a question that is not asked in order to receive an answer from the audience or reader

• words or phrases that are intended to stir up emotions

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is emotionally charged diction?

• the act of saying or doing something more than once

• language that causes people to imagine pictures in their mind

• a question that is not asked in order to receive an answer from the audience or reader

• words or phrases that are intended to stir up emotions

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the purpose of this rhetorical question?

• to emphasize the fact that senior citizens love Wendy's

• to stress the idea that all restaurants used giant, oversized buns

• to emphasize how little beef is in most fast food hamburgers

• to stress the need for people to cut red meat out of their diet for heatlth reasons

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is the purpose of this rhetorical question?

• to persuade people to not eat meat of any kind

• to persuade people that pigs are just as cute as dogs

• to persuade people to only eat grown animals

• to persuade people that dogs get sad when we eat animals

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is the purpose for the repetition in this ad?

• to advertise Pepsi

• to advertise Coke's new look

• to make people thirsty

• to make people want a Coke

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is the purpose of the emotionally charged diction in

• The words "sweltering" and "heat" describe uncomfortable, oppressivly hot weather that make it difficult to do things outside. The speaker uses these words to emphasize how uncomfortable and oppressive injustice is.

• An "oasis" is a pleasant place that is surrounded by something unpleasant. The speaker this word to emphasize the paradise that America will be once everyone truly is equal.

• A "dream" is an idea or vision that is created in your imagination and that is not real. The speaker uses this word to emphasize the fact that equality is an impossibility.

• The word "state" means a way of living or existing. The speaker uses this word to illustrate the need for equality.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3