Rhetorical Strategies
To repeat a word or phrase at every beginning sentence or successive clauses is what type of rhetorical strategy?
Anaphora
This use of persuasive language creates dramatic effect for the audience and there is no answer to it.
Rhetorical Question
What logical fallacy involves personally attacking someone instead of relevantly addressing their argument?
Ad Hominem
True or False? When crafting a rhetorical analysis, you should use first person phrases and words such as “I”, “we”, and “my”
False
Multiple choice questions consist of three parts, the stem, the key, and what?
Distraction or throw off questions
A term that describes word choice
Diction
“I had to walk a thousand miles to school,” is an example of what rhetorical strategy.
Hyperbole
An argument that falsely assumes that one event will inevitably lead to further events
Slippery Slope
The punctuation you need to use when introducing a multiple sentence long quote.
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
This rhetorical strategy appeals to an audience's emotions and tries to invoke strong emotions.
Pathos
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
What logical fallacy presents two options as if they are the only two possible?
Dichotomy
This is the term for repeating the same word or phrase at the end of a sentence or clause
Epistrophe
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
The rhetorical strategy used in the example, “ The valley’s luscious curves winded around the steep stooped mountains, the water sparkling down below.”
Imagery
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
“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
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
A method that involves finding the correct answer by disregarding incorrect ones
Process of elimination
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
A short account or story of an entertaining or interesting incident.
Anecdote
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
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
“ 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 ___.
Read more literature, read more in-depth, phrasing syntax into more understandable terms