Rhetorical Appeals
This rhetorical appeal tries to persuade the audience using feelings like happiness, fear, or sympathy.
What is pathos?
This type of figurative language compares two unlike things using the words like or as.
What is a simile?
This part of speech names a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
The theme of a story is the...
What is the message or lesson the author wants the reader to learn?
Clue:
After studying for hours, Mia felt fatigued and struggled to keep her eyes open.
Question:
What does the word fatigued most nearly mean?
What is very tired?
This appeal persuades by using facts, statistics, or logical reasons.
What is logos?
This figure of speech gives human qualities to animals, objects, or ideas.
What is personification?
This part of speech describes a noun or pronoun by telling which one, what kind, or how many.
What is an adjective?
A story told using the pronouns I, me, and we is written in the......
What is first-person point of view?
Clue:
The coach gave a brief explanation before practice began.
Question:
What does the word brief mean as used in the sentence?
What is short or quick?
When a speaker shows they are trustworthy or an expert, they are using this rhetorical appeal.
What is ethos?
This type of figurative language is a direct comparison that does not use like or as.
What is a metaphor?
This type of sentence has one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
What is a complex sentence?
A story told by a narrator who is not part of the story and uses he, she, or they is written in the......
What is third-person point of view?
Clue:
When Mr. Blohm paused mid-sentence and slowly scanned the room, the chatter stopped, showing the class understood the implication of his silence.
Question:
What does the word implication most nearly mean as used in the sentence?
What is an indirect meaning or suggestion?
A commercial shows close-up images of shivering puppies in a shelter while sad music plays. A narrator says, “These animals are cold, hungry, and scared. They need your help today.”
Question: Which rhetorical appeal is being used?
What is pathos?
Read the sentence:
“The leaves danced in the wind as the storm approached.”
Question: What type of figurative language is used?
What is personification?
Read the sentence below.
“I like reading books I prefer mystery stories.”
Correct the sentence
“I like reading books, and I prefer mystery stories.”
(A complete sentence with correct punctuation.)
Read the paragraph below:
Jordan wanted to quit the soccer team after sitting on the bench for weeks. Instead, he stayed late after practice every day to improve his skills. By the end of the season, he earned a starting position and felt proud of himself.
What is the theme of this paragraph?
Clue:
Mr. Blohm challenged students to defend their opinions, explaining that strong arguments require justification, not guesses.
Question:
What does the word justification most nearly mean as used in the sentence?
What is a reason or evidence used to support an idea?
A speaker says, “As a doctor with 20 years of experience, I have studied this issue closely. Research shows that this solution works, backed by clear data and proven results.”
Question: Which rhetorical appeal is being used?
What is ethos? or What is logos?
Read the paragraph:
“After staying up all night studying, Marcus said, ‘I’ve told you a million times—I’m exhausted!’ His brain felt like a computer overheating from too many tabs open.”
Question: Name one type of figurative language used in this paragraph.
What is hyperbole? OR What is a simile?
Read the sentence below.
“Yesterday we go to the library and check out three books.”
Correct the sentence
“Yesterday we went to the library and checked out three books.”
(Verb tense is consistent and matches the time word “yesterday.”)
Read the paragraph below.
I kept my eyes on the ground as the winners were announced. Although I didn’t receive an award, I remembered all the challenges I had overcome this year. I realized that success isn’t always about being recognized, but about growing along the way.
Question:
What is the point of view of this paragraph, and what theme is best supported by the text?
Clue:
As students debated multiple interpretations of the text, Mr. Blohm reminded them that confusion is not a failure but an inevitable part of grappling with ambiguity.
Question:
What does the word ambiguity most nearly mean as used in the sentence?
What is uncertainty or more than one possible meaning?