Rhetorical Choices Review

Paradoxes, hyperboles, and metaphors are smaller, isolated rhetorical choices that may fall under the umbrella of ___.

• Syntax

• Diction

• Tone

• Literary elements

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

This is a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

• Anecdote

• Juxtaposition

• Analogy

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

This is a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true.

• Metaphor

• Comparison

• Oxymoron

• Paradox

Placing two things/concepts close together for contrasting effect.

• Juxtaposition

• Comparison

• Repetition

• Analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Which of the following is a concept that an author may define in a piece of rhetoric.

• art

• hope

• free will

• WWII

• The evolution of the English language

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

This excerpt conveys which rhetorical choice?

• Analogy

• Juxtaposition

• Definition

• Anecdote

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

This is the process of defining a concept by explaining what it is not.

• Definition

• Allusion

• Negotiation

• Negation

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which rhetorical choice is evident toward the end of this excerpt?

• Negation

• Call to action

• Juxtaposition

• Analogy

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Read this excerpt from Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own. How would you describe Woolf's tone in this excerpt?

• Contemplative

• Reverent

• Self-important

• Self-deprecating

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

True or False: You do not need to specify what kind of tone a text conveys when analyzing tone.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4