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The Art of Persuasion: Rhetorical Devices & Persuasive Appeals

Authored by Kate Tannous

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7th Grade

CCSS covered

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The Art of Persuasion: Rhetorical Devices & Persuasive Appeals
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What rhetorical device is being used here?

Uniforms are uncomfortable, hot, and restricting.

Rhetorical Question

Repetition

Alliteration

Rule of Three

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What rhetorical device(s) is/are being used here?

Our planet is sadly suffering.

Repetition

Rhetorical Question

Alliteration

Inclusive Language

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What rhetorical device(s) is/are being used in the following sentence:

How would you feel if it happened to you?

Repetition

Rhetorical Question

Rule of Three

Inclusive Language

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

4.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which words are examples of emotive language?

The poor exhausted students tried to complete the task.

poor

students

exhausted

tried

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Match the following definition to its term:

When three adjectives or phrases are used together to emphasize a point.

Inclusive language

Alliteration

Rule of Three

Emotive Langauge

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Match the following definition to its term:

Using words that make people feel sad, angry, upset, sympathetic or guilty.

Emotive Language

Repetition

Inclusive Language

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Match the following definition to its term:

Using words like "we", "you", "our", and "us" to make your audience think you are talking only to them.

Inclusive Language

Emotive Langauge

Rule of Three

Rhetorical Question

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

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