SAT Prep Rhetorical Devices
Authored by Sarah Kolodziej
English
10th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Match the definition to the rhetorical device: An attack "on the person" rather than on his or her ideas or reasoning.
allusion
ad hominem
analogy
anecdote
Tags
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.L.11-12.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Match the definition to the rhetorical device: an illustrative story.
allusion
ad hominem
analogy
anecdote
Tags
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.L.11-12.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Match the definition to the rhetorical device: an implicit reference to something.
allusion
ad hominem
analogy
anecdote
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.L.7.5A
CCSS.RL.8.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Match the definition to the rhetorical device: an illustrative comparison between things that have a similar function or structure.
allusion
ad hominem
analogy
anecdote
Tags
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.L.6.5B
CCSS.L.8.5B
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Match the definition to the rhetorical device: a widely accepted truth.
allusion
ad hominem
aphorism
anecdote
Tags
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.L.11-12.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
CCSS.L.8.6
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Match the definition to the rhetorical device: a suggestion that the reader should agree with an idea because a respected authority happens to believe it
appeal to emotion
ad hominem
aphorism
appeal to authority
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
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Match the definition to the rhetorical device: an attempt to persuade the reader through an emotionally charged anecdote or allusion.
appeal to emotion
ad hominem
aphorism
appeal to authority
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
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