
Rhetoric/Reasoning Review
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English
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12th Grade
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Hard
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Courtney Lancaster
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3 Slides • 23 Questions
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Multiple Choice
I know she’s telling the truth because she told me she never lies.
Ad Hominem
Straw Man
Begging the Question
Hasty Generalization
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Multiple Choice
Why would you listen to Betty’s ideas about the school budget? I bet she couldn’t even pass a first grade math test.
Post Hoc
Bandwagon
False Dilemma
Ad Hominem
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Multiple Choice
People who want to raise the voting age to 21 believe that young people should have no right to free speech and do not deserve a say in politics.
Straw Man
Bandwagon
Post Hoc
False Dilemma
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Multiple Choice
If we get rid of the city curfew, teenagers will be out until 6am every single day and will never sleep again!
Ad Hominem
Slippery Slope
Straw Man
Red Herring
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Multiple Choice
When questioned about his declining school performance, Danny began talking about how well he was doing as the hockey team’s goalie.
Ad Hominem
Red Herring
Begging the Question
False Dilemma
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Multiple Choice
This movie is trending on Netflix, so it has to be good!
Bandwagon
False Dilemma
Post Hoc
Slippery Slope
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Multiple Choice
You can either take all AP classes or you can accept that you’ll never get into college.
Bandwagon
Post Hoc
False Dilemma
Hasty Generalization
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Multiple Choice
You can’t watch horror movies! Last time I watched a horror movie, I had nightmares for weeks. Horror movies cause nightmares!
False Dilemma
Post Hoc
Slippery Slope
Ad Hominem
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Multiple Choice
Our team lost our first game. We’re clearly awful and have no hope for a successful season.
Hasty Generalization
Bandwagon
Post Hoc
False Dilemma
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"Ethics" or credibility of the speaker.
"Emotions" or feelings of the audience
"Logic" or reasoning of the message.
"Timeliness" or "urgency" speaking to the occasion and purpose.
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Multiple Choice
commercials that use messages like “supplies are running out” or “act now!” are using
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
Kairos
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Multiple Choice
I think that you have many choices when you are looking for a nanny, but I hope you can consider how many years I have worked in childcare.
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
Kairos
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Multiple Choice
You should not play football because it is statistically the most dangerous sport in terms of injuries. Also, 75% of football players have received serious head injuries, which impacts their health later in life.
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
Kairos
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Multiple Choice
A dog would be a great addition to our family because they are constant, loyal companions who are loving and sweet. A dog would bring us together as a family and make me the happiest daughter on earth.
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
Kairos
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Allusion | a reference to history, literature, religion, or something else well known. |
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Antithesis/Juxtaposition | a contrast of ideas by means of a parallel arrangement of words or phrases |
Chiasmus | repetition in the reverse order |
Euphemism | use of a mild more pleasant phrase in place of a blunt or offensive one |
Metonymy | the use of a linked term to stand for an object |
Zeugma | a word applies to two others in different senses/contexts |
Synecdoche | part used to represent the whole |
Epistrophe | repetition at the end of phrases / clauses |
Understatement | to downplay a situation |
Metaphor | comparison by stating one thing is another |
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When the going gets tough, the tough gets going.
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The school district announced new safety procedures to go into effect immediately on all school campuses.
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We need as many helping hands as we can find at our fundraiser.
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Jackson is between jobs right now.
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"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness": From A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
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See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
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This test should be a piece of cake!
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Someone who is bleeding a lot might say, "it's just a scratch."
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She broke his car and his heart.
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"You've married an Icarus/He has flown too close to the sun" - From "Burn" in the musical Hamilton.
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