Rhetorical Strategies
Persuasive Language
Logical Fallacies
Crafting Nonfiction Essays
Multiple Choice Tips and Tricks
100

To repeat a word or phrase at every beginning sentence or successive clauses is what type of rhetorical strategy?

Anaphora

100

This use of persuasive language creates dramatic effect for the audience and there is no answer to it.

Rhetorical Question

100

What logical fallacy involves personally attacking someone instead of relevantly addressing their argument?

Ad Hominem

100

True or False? When crafting a rhetorical analysis, you should use first person phrases and words such as “I”, “we”, and “my”

False

100

Multiple choice questions consist of three parts, the stem, the key, and what?

Distraction or throw off questions

200

A term that describes word choice

Diction

200

“I had to walk a thousand miles to school,” is an example of what rhetorical strategy.

Hyperbole

200

An argument that falsely assumes that one event will inevitably lead to further events

Slippery Slope

200

The punctuation you need to use when introducing a multiple sentence long quote.

Semicolon
200

When running out of time during a multiple choice test. This is the best option for answering the remaining questions

What is choosing one letter to shade all the way down

300

This rhetorical strategy appeals to an audience's emotions and tries to invoke strong emotions.

Pathos

300

When the 16th U.S. President Abraham Lincoln said, “You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time”, he best used this rhetorical device.

Parallelism

300

What logical fallacy presents two options as if they are the only two possible?

Dichotomy

300

This is the term for repeating the same word or phrase at the end of a sentence or clause

Epistrophe

300

The method that may allow you to get 1⁄5 of the questions you haven’t been able to answer.

Guessing and/or filling in a column of answers

400

The rhetorical strategy used in the example, “ The valley’s luscious curves winded around the steep stooped mountains, the water sparkling down below.”

Imagery

400

Which quote demonstrates parallelism and which quote demonstrates repetition?

1. “The soup was stirred and stirred until thickened.”

2. “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.”

Quote 1 - Repetition

 Quote 2 - Parallelism

400

“Person 1: Because of the thefts in our building, I think we should add more security cameras.

Person 2: So you’re saying you don’t trust your neighbors?”

This is an example of what logical fallacy?

Straw Man

400

Two things you would want to include in the thesis statement of your rhetorical analysis essay.

What is the author’s name, the title of the work, the rhetorical devices used, and the author’s purpose

400

A method that involves finding the correct answer by disregarding incorrect ones

Process of elimination

500

What rhetorical strategy is used in this sentence? “Neither the Sun, nor sand, nor heat, nor wind could extinguish his enduring inclination to explore the Margo desert.

Polysyndeton

500

A short account or story of an entertaining or interesting incident.

Anecdote 

500

A car is pulled over for speeding. The driver complains, claiming they shouldn't get a ticket because there are so many dangerous criminals out there and the police should be chasing them instead. This is an example of what logical fallacy is.

Red Herring

500

This type of thesis must include a claim with which reasonable people can disagree. It must consist of the main idea of your essay and have an assertion.

Argumentative Thesis

500

“ I couldn’t understand any of the language used in Genghis Khan’s hit book, ‘The Mounted Warrior’!”- Said Akuji Phelony. Akuji’s problem can be best described as _____ to fix this problem. Akuji Phenlony could ___.

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