Rhetorical devices review

What is the definition of claim?

• the summary of an essay

• the main argument of an essay

• evidence used in an essay

Ethos is

• credibility

• statistics and facts

• an appeal to emotions

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

pathos is

• credibility

• an appeal to emotion

• statistics and facts

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

logos is

• an appeal to emotion

• credibility

• statistics and facts

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Repetition is

• using like or as to compare two different things

• a literary device that uses the same word or phrase over and over again

• an appeal to emotions

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

An overstatement is

• is when you use language to provide more oversight and clarity

• is when you use language to simplify your intended meaning

• is when you use language to exaggerate your intended meaning

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

An understatement is

• is when you use language to exaggerate your intended meaning

• the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is

• asking a question without expecting an answer

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

A rhetorical question is

• a question someone asks without expecting an answer

• a questions where two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.

• a question with a direct, concise answer

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3