Unit Checkpoint
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This unit checkpoint reviews all skills from the Rhetorical Analysis unit: understanding rhetoric, writing rhetorical analysis, guided practice, text analysis strategies, and applying rhetoric in your own writing.
Unit Review
- Lesson 1: Analyzing Rhetoric - ethos, pathos, logos, and the rhetorical situation
- Lesson 2: Writing Rhetorical Analysis - crafting thesis statements and analytical paragraphs
- Lesson 3: Guided Practice - applying the SOAPSTone framework
- Lesson 4: Text Analysis Strategies - identifying and analyzing rhetorical devices
- Lesson 5: Writing Application - using rhetorical techniques in your own writing
Examples
Review key examples from throughout the unit.
Summary examples from each lesson topic will appear here.
✏️ Practice
Test your understanding with these practice questions.
Practice Questions
0/3 correctWhat is the main idea of a passage?
An inference is:
Context clues help you:
Check Your Understanding
Test yourself with these comprehensive unit review questions.
1. What are the three main rhetorical appeals?
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Ethos (credibility/character), Pathos (emotion), and Logos (logic/reason).
2. What does SOAPSTone stand for?
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Speaker, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Subject, Tone.
3. What is anaphora and what effect does it create?
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Anaphora is repetition of words at the beginning of successive clauses. It creates rhythm, builds emphasis, and makes ideas memorable.
4. How should you structure a rhetorical analysis thesis?
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Identify the author, text, purpose, and the main rhetorical strategies you will analyze (e.g., "Author uses X, Y, and Z to achieve [purpose]").
5. What is the difference between identifying a technique and analyzing it?
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Identifying names the technique; analyzing explains how it works and why the author used it to achieve their purpose with the audience.
6. How do you build ethos in your own writing?
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Demonstrate knowledge, cite credible sources, acknowledge counterarguments fairly, and use appropriate tone.
7. What is antithesis?
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A rhetorical device that places contrasting ideas in parallel structure to emphasize their difference.
8. Why is understanding the audience important for rhetorical analysis?
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It helps explain why the author chose specific techniques, language, and appeals to persuade that particular group.
9. What three elements should a body paragraph in rhetorical analysis contain?
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A claim about a rhetorical technique, textual evidence (quote), and analysis explaining the effect and connection to purpose.
10. How do you balance ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing?
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Use all three appropriately: establish credibility (ethos), connect emotionally (pathos), and support with evidence (logos), adjusting the balance for your audience and purpose.
Next Steps
- Review any lessons where you struggled with the checkpoint questions
- Celebrate completing the Rhetorical Analysis unit!
- Move on to the next ELA unit: Timed Essays