Rhetorical Slanters

Rhetorical Slanters

11th - 12th Grade

10 Qs

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Rhetorical Slanters

Rhetorical Slanters

Assessment

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English

11th - 12th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RL.11-12.4, RI.11-12.6, RI.11-12.4

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Different ways an author can shows that they are biased either negatively or positively on a subject

Innuendo
Downplayer
Truth Surrogates
Slanter

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Using words or phrases that make someone look less important 

Downplayer
Dysphemis
Hyperbole
Innuendo

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When an opinion is stated as if it were a fact, which it is not, and uses biased language

Slanters

Rhetorical Analogy

Rhetorical Explanation

Rhetorical Definition

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A bad or unpleasant term used instead of a pleasant or neutral one such as "loony bin" instead of "mental hospital"

Euphemism
Dysphemism
Downplayer
Innuendo

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A word or an expression substituted to make something sound better. For example, a "freedom fighter" rather than a "terrorist."

Euphemism

Dysphemism

Downplayer

Innuendo

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The use of language to IMPLY something without actually saying it (reading between the lines)

Innuendo

Sarcasm

Hyperbole

Slanter

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Use of comparing how two unlike things can be the same

Truth Surrogate
Rhetorical Definition
Rhetorical Analogy
Rhetorical Explanation

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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