Rhetoric & Rhetorical Strategies Quiz

________ is the art or skill of speaking or writing formally and effectively especially as a way to persuade or influence people

• Rhetoric

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

Rhetorical ________ are techniques that writers use to enhance arguments and convey ideas.

• ideas

• questions

• devices

• answers

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

Which 4th Century Greek philosopher divided the means of persuasion, into three appeals, which are commonly known as Ethos, Logos, and Pathos?

• Aristotle

• Ghandi

• Karl Marx

• Galileo

This strategy attempts to make writers or speakers credible by creating a credible image of them.

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

This technique attempts to use emotions to manipulate how the audience feels about the argument presented.

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

This strategy attempts to make the audience think about the argument in a very straight-forward and logical manner.

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.W.9-10.1

________ is used to create imagery and express ideas non-literally.

• Irony

• Rhetorical Question

• Connotation

• Figurative Language

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

________ is an idea or feeling which a word invokes.

• Figurative language

• Connotation

• Anaphora

• Hypophora

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

________ is a technique in which a sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated for emphasis or unity.

• Repetition

• Parallelism

• Alliteration

• Connotation

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

________ is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Parallelism

• Anaphora

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4