Assess learners' ability to identify and analyze rhetorical strategies (ethos, pathos, logos, repetition, rhetorical questions), determine tone and its persuasive effect, and detect common logical fallacies (ad hominem, straw man, slippery slope, false dilemma) in persuasive texts; tasks include labeling devices in short excerpts, explaining how tone and strategies shape audience perception, and evaluating argument strength with concise justification.