Rhetorical Devices and Logical Fallacies

What is it called when you use words in a certain way to convey meaning or persuade an audience?

• Rhetorical Device

• Logical Fallacy

• Hyperbole

• Rhetorical Question

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is the name of the rhetorical device when words or phrases are said over and over to illustrate importance or highlight meaning.

• Repetition

• Analogy

• Circular Reasoning

• Anecdote

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the name of the rhetorical device when an exaggeration is used to emphasize a point?

• Hyperbole

• Loaded Language

• Anecdote

• Juxtaposition

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is the name of the rhetorical device when the speaker directly addresses a person or group of people?

• Direct Address

• Stereotype

• Sweeping Generalization

• Logical Fallacy

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is the name of the rhetorical device when a question is asked that is not meant to be answered, but rather is asked to emphasize a point.

• Rhetorical Question

• Rhetorical Device

• Circular Reasoning

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is the name of the rhetorical device that explains one thing in terms of another to highlight the ways in which they are alike.

• Analogy

• Anecdote

• Bandwagon Appeals

• Juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the name of the rhetorical device that places two concepts, characters, ideas, or places near each other to contrast them?

• Juxtaposition

• Analogy

• Anecdote

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

What is it called when someone makes an error in reasoning?

• Logical Fallacy

• Rhetorical Device

• Stereotype

• Circular Reasoning

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is the logical fallacy called that uses a personal experience or an isolated example instead of a sound argument or compelling evidence?

• Anecdote

• Analogy

• Sweeping Generalization

• Bandwagon Appeal

What is the logical fallacy called when general beliefs are used to categorize people, objects, and events while assuming those beliefs are accurate generalizations of the whole group?

• Stereotypes

• Sweeping Generalizations

• Bandwagon Appeals

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D