Rhetorical Terms Review
Authored by Sarah Williams
English
11th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The assertion that is in opposition to the speaker’s claim. This is the claim that the speaker must argue against.
Claim
Counterclaim
Text
Purpose
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A highly structured four-sentence paragraph that summarizes the content of and analyzes the delivery of an argument.
Rhetorical Techniques
Rhetorical Triangle
Rhetorical Précis
Parallelism
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The stylistic choice of words and phrases in speech or writing. The characteristic of these choices of words and phrases.
Parallelism
Diction
Allusion
Purpose
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
When a speaker uses a repetitive structure of words or phrases within a sentence or a group of sentences. By making each compared item or idea in a sentence follow the same grammatical pattern, a parallel construction is created.
Parallelism
Restatement
Repetition
Diction
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The use of words in a way that deviates from conventional or literal meaning. This type of language helps make an argument more meaningful, colorful, evocative, and stylistic.
Rhetorical Techniques
Rhetorical Triangle
Rhetorical Précis
Figurative Language
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The circumstances (like time, place, and occasion) that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea in a way that it can be fully understood and assessed.
Text
Context
Allusions
Diction
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.4C
CCSS.L.6.4C
CCSS.L.7.4C
CCSS.L.8.4C
CCSS.L.9-10.4C
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
the demand in society, the situation that prompts someone to speak or take action; this is often outside of their control
exigence
context
audience
purpose
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.6
CCSS.RI.11-12.6
CCSS.RL.11-12.6
CCSS.RL.9-10.6
CCSS.RI.8.9
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