Rhetorical questions activity
Read each question and decide whether it is rhetorical or not.
1. Are you planning to talk all lesson young lady? Rhetorical/Not rhetorical
2. How many people are having a school dinner today? Rhetorical/Not rhetorical
3. Is there any need to talk so loudly? Rhetorical/Not rhetorical 4. Does anyone need to use the toilet before we leave? Rhetorical/Not rhetorical
5. How many people want to spend their lunchtime with me? Rhetorical/Not rhetorical
6. Is it fair that millions of people are starving to death? Rhetorical/Not rhetorical
7. May I go to the cinema tonight please? Rhetorical/Not rhetorical
8. Do we deserve to live in luxury when others live in poverty? Rhetorical/Not rhetorical
9. How many people here cycle to school? Rhetorical/Not rhetorical
10. Are humans destroying the natural world? Rhetorical/Not rhetorical
Worksheet Two
Persuasive techniques bingo
Read each question and cross out the incorrect answers.
1. What ‘F’ is included to persuade readers in a scientific and impersonal manner?
Factual information/Forensic information/Formulaic information
2. What ‘R’ do writers always provide to support their argument?
Reasons/Rules/Reactions
3. What ‘P’ means to convince someone of something?
Persevere/Persuade/Pester
4. What ‘R’ is a type of question which does not require an answer?