Miscellaneous
Literary Analysis
Rhetorical Appeals
Theme
100

A word that means protesting against injustice

What is resistance? 

100

The tone of the dialogue: 

"I just LOVE writing essays," she said under her breath, rolling her eyes and scowling. 

What is SARCASTIC? 

100

The type of rhetorical appeal found in the following statement: 

Schools need to offer more financial literacy classes, because only 50% of adults have adequate knowledge of financial literacy.

What is LOGOS? 

100
The word that means a 1-2 sentence summary of a key idea in a text

What is TOPIC? 

200

The key message an author is sending in a NONFICTION work

What is central idea? 

200

The following description is an example of ______: 

As the hot summer sun beamed down on the sidewalk, my cool soft-serve ice cream glittered, melting drips running down the side of the crispy cone like tiny rivers. It was the perfect day. 

What is IMAGERY?
200

The type of rhetorical appeal found in the following statement: 

The lack of financial literacy classes in schools is an utter shame that we should all be angry about. It's unbelievable how poorly we are preparing our young people! 

What is PATHOS? 

200

True or False: The following sentence is a THEME STATEMENT for The Poet X. 

Xiomara was afraid to be herself at first, but eventually realized that she should express herself.

FALSE

300

These two authors had a feud about whether literature should be used as a form of protest, or not

Who are Richard Wright and James Baldwin? 

300

An educated guess, based on evidence from the text

What is an INFERENCE? 

300

The type of rhetorical appeal found in the following statement: 

As someone who studied financial literacy for many years in college, I believe that schools need to offer more financial literacy classes.  

What is ETHOS? 

300

True or false: The following is a THEME STATEMENT for Persepolis. 

Even when people's freedom is restricted, they can still find ways to express themselves. 

TRUE

400
Xiomara's brother's name in The Poet X

Who was Xavier (or Twin)? 

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