What is an oxymoron?
Rhetoric Terms

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English
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12th Grade
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Hard
Sarah Williams
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1.
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A figure of speech with contradictory terms
A type of participial phrase
A type of organizational strategy
A method of pacing in writing
2.
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What does parallelism achieve in writing?
Creates confusion in the reader
Introduces complex ideas
Adds balance and clarity to a passage
Obscures the main argument
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What is the definition of pathos?
A method of organizing essays
Appealing to the emotions
A type of participial phrase
A figure of speech
4.
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What is the purpose of pairing in writing?
To create confusion
To introduce complex ideas
To emphasize words for stronger effect
To obscure the main idea
5.
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What does the term 'occasion' refer to in writing?
The author's personal feelings
The context that prompted the writing
The conclusion drawn by the author
The main argument of the piece
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Rhetorical devices
Techniques used to get an audience's attention and/or persuade them of your argument
Arguing that something must be true because most or many people believe it
Errors in reasoning that make an argument invalid
Asking a question of the audience to provoke thought
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Pathos
An appeal to credibility
An appeal to emotion
An appeal to logic
An appeal to authority
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