Rhetorical Techniques
Rhetorical Techniques
Literary Devices
Do you remember?
Paper 1
100
Appeals to emotion
Pathos
100
"This is the number one product in the multiverse!!! All your friends are joining in…"
This is an example of which technique?
Bandwagon
100
The wind whispered through dry grass.
This statement is an example of which literary device? (There is more than one right answer, but the answer I am looking for is in the italicized word.)
Personification
100
Branding is: The process involved in creating a unique name and _______ for a product in the consumers' mind.
Fill in the blank.
image
100
On the IB exam, how long do you have to complete your Paper 1?
90 minutes
200
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…" (Charles Dickens)
This is an example of which technique?
(There is more than one right answer, but the answer that I am looking for is in the italicized phrases.)
anaphora
200
The literal meaning of the word vs. the emotional associations of the word
(Name both terms.)
Denotation vs Connotation
200
a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance
allusion
200
I can't cook. Who cares?
200
What are the two organizational approaches you can use to structure your commentary?
1. Linear
2. Conceptual
300
Saying 'passed away' instead of 'died'
Saying 'ethnic cleansing' instead of 'genocide'
Euphemism
300
"This ritual has been a part of our family for three generations" is an appeal to _____.
tradition
300
Details that describe movement or motion
kinesthetic imagery
300
Do you remember the last sentence of this text?
"I need opponents."
300
Every time you identify a technique, you must make sure that you DEEE. What does the acronym stand for?
Device, Evidence, Explain, Effect
400
Definition: special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand
Jargon
400
Attacking the person making the argument, rather than the argument itself, when the attack on the person is completely irrelevant to the argument the person is making.
Ad hominem
400
“Fungus and mould would sprout green and voluptuous armies of mushrooms would gather in the cupboard under the sink.”
Name THREE literary devices used in this sentence.
visual imagery, metaphor, personification
400
Do you remember the heading on the Xmas text? (Hint: declarative sentence followed by rhetorical question)
"We're planning to take on homelessness this Christmas. Will you?"
400
What should the Introduction of your paper 1 include?
TEAPCA + Thesis Statement
500
a statement that seemingly contradicts itself, but may also have some meaning behind.
Ex:
"I know one thing; that I know nothing.
This is the beginning of the end."
Paradox
500
This ad most prominently uses which technique?
Juxtaposition
500
Ex.1: "We have money and men and supplies and time and stores and time and everything we need to complete this project."
Ex. 2: "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil."
Name both techniques. (Hint: they both relate to the number of conjunctions)
polysyndeton and asyndeton
500
Quote from "Our failure to speak foreign language should shame us."
Education is a __________, where the little troops are patched up and turned round and sent back to fight in the great ___________ that seems to be all that’s left of life.
Fill in the blank. (Hint: both blanks are 2-word phrases)
field hospital, economic war
500
Name the four rubric criteria for the Paper 1 assessment.
1. Knowledge and Understanding of the text
2. Understanding of the use and effects of the literary features
3. Organization and Development
4. Language