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Rhetorical Notes Warmup Schreck

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Question 1

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What are command words?

imperatives like "Stop."  or  "Vote."

exaggertated statements

words that give a strong positive or negative feeling

information that can be verified

Question 2

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What are command words?

imperatives like "Stop."  or  "Vote."

exaggertated statements

words that give a strong positive or negative feeling

information that can be verified

Question 3

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What is the rule of 3?

A writer should always appeal to ethos, pathos, and logos.

Items are grouped by 3's for effect.

A writer ahould always include three unanswerable questions for the reader to consider.

Question 4

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"If your neighbor robs a bank, should you go to jail?" "If your classmate gets into an accident, should your driver's license be taken away?"
Which is the best description for the above excerpt?

Imagery because they help the reader imagine a scenario.

Command words because they demand answers.

Rhetorical questions because they pose questions for effect rather than an actual answer.

Loaded words  because they make the reader upset about going to jail or having a friend in an accident.

Question 5

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"Studies show that inexperience, not age, causes accidents. Raising the driving will just create inexperienced drivers at age 18 instead of age 16."
What is the best description for these statements?

Loaded words/pathos

Logical appeal/logos

appeal to authhority/ethos

Question 6

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"Teens need the ability to drive just as much as anyone else-- to get to school, to get to work, or just to go out with their friends."
What is the best description of the device used in this passage?

Facts/statistics

Rule of 3

Command words

Imagery

Question 7

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"In this country, we believe in the concept of innocent until proven guilty. Those who want to raise the driving age have labeled teens as guilty before they've gotten into an accident or before they've stepped into a car. They believe that just because of your birth date, you are dangerous and must be punished by having your ability to drive taken away from you."
Consider this excerpt. What loaded words and phrases are present? Type in any that you find.

Question 8

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Identify this excerpt by selecting all of the applicable devices.
I can't understand why the more responsible segments of the zoo industry have not come to their senses...Either zoos can voluntarily adopt human policies and practices, push for closure of substandard facilities, and advocate for for laws to help wildlife, or they can be dragged kicking and screaming into the new milenium. It's their choice."

loaded words

imagery

rule of 3

logical fallacy