Week 34 of 36 · 10 words · ages 15–16
10th Grade spelling words, week 34: Rhetorical appeals and devices
10th Grade spelling words · week 34 · Rhetorical appeals and devices · spellchirp.com
- ethos
- An appeal based on the speaker's credibility.
- pathos
- An appeal that stirs the audience's emotions.
- logos
- An appeal based on reasoning and evidence.
- analogy
- A comparison that explains one thing by likening it to another.
- parody
- A funny imitation of another work or style.
- sarcasm
- Mocking remarks, often saying the opposite of what is meant.
- anaphora
- Repeating a word at the start of successive phrases.
- platitude
- A dull remark that has been said too often.
- epigram
- A short, witty saying.
- litotes
- Understatement that denies the opposite, like 'not bad'.
Ten minutes a day this week
Short and daily beats long and once. A word met on five separate days is remembered; a word met five times on Thursday night mostly is not.
Monday
Read the list together. Say each word, clap its syllables and find the pattern in it.
Tuesday
Look, say, cover, write, check — each word once from memory, then check the letters.
Wednesday
Use every word in a sentence, out loud or on paper, so each one means something.
Thursday
Practice test: a grown-up reads each word aloud. Circle the misses for tomorrow.
Friday
The test. One try per word, no letters given. The circled words go first.
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