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Rhetoric Quiz 102 (60 MCQs)

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1. Rhetorical device that repeats the exact same word or phrase
2. Recognize the rhetorical device in this sentence: "She's not the sharpest tool in the shed."
3. Intentional and extreme exaggeration
4. An argument made personally against an opponent instead of against the argument.
5. What is the effect of a periodic sentence?
6. How many cited examples should you have per body paragraph?
7. And pat yourself on the back while you're at it. Because you've just made biscuits and gravy!Entire kingdoms have been built on lesser accomplishments than that.
8. The process for making clear HOW your evidence supports your claim (logical connection)
9. Beginning with examples or facts and proceeding to a conclusion to make a case
10. How can kairos be applied in personal relationships?
11. "I failed my AP vocab test so clearly I'm going to fail the class. Then I won't get into college and will never get a job. I will have to live in my parents' basement for the rest of my life. My life is ruined" is an example of
12. After the wildfire has scorched and smoldered ..... damaged and displaced.
13. "I hope to answer your criticisms in what I hope will be patient and reasonable terms" is an example of .....
14. How the writer wants you to feel as you read a text.
15. Which of the following is NOT a reason that bioethics is complicated?
16. Cumulative sentence =
17. A sustained comparison, often referred to as a conceit. It is developed throughout a piece of writing.
18. "Mommy I want to go home right now ! " The speaker's ..... is angry.
19. True or False:The difference between a complex and compound-complex sentence is that complex sentence has two or more independent clauses and a compound-complex has one independent clause.
20. When President-Elect Joe Biden claimed "Insurrection" with the capital events in his speech, that is a demonstration of
21. Questions asked for effect rather than response
22. "He La" is the name of:
23. Rhetorical appeal used to appeal to an audience's sense of credibility of the speaker
24. Define REFUTATION
25. Writing an Argumentative Essay:What should you do after presenting text evidence?
26. Which rhetorical appeal appeals to logic and reason?
27. If an advertisement uses a celebrity endorsement or focuses on a company's credibility, what form of rhetoric is being used?
28. What does the term 'pathos' refer to in rhetoric?
29. Your argument is a red herring, and I'm not falling for it.
30. Yoda speech-when the normal order of words is mixed upPatience I lack!
31. Omission of the conjunctions ("ands"/"or") that ordinarily joins a list (as in "I came, I saw, I conquered" ).
32. The way of convincing an audience in a persuasive speech.
33. A homily is a word whose main purpose is interpretation.....
34. This part of an editorial discusses the points of the other side
35. Support should be all of the following EXCEPT .....
36. Don't talk such drivel!Given the sentence, what part of speech is drivel?
37. A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or a whole paragraph
38. Which of the following would you not use to describe an approach or setting in which rules are not strictly enforced?
39. Persuading by appealing to the audience's emotions-Ex. "Choose our security system because no price is too much to pay for peace of mind."
40. Principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively
41. Rhetorical devices are split into three categories?
42. What is the main argument of the prosecution's (Gilmer) case?
43. A contradiction in terms
44. What credentials or experience would add to Kinghorn's credibility?
45. The word choice and purposeful arrangement of words that affect meaning in speech or writing.
46. One positive aspect of pathos is that
47. Which of the following is the right definition for context:
48. What are the purposes of an argument?
49. An author or speaker's attitude towards their subject.
50. The art of using language to persuade, influence beliefs, and/or achieve a desired purpose
51. Some ask, "What can my country do for me?" I ask, "What can I do for my country?"
52. All of the following are examples of a coordinating conjunction EXCEPT .....
53. Using similar grammatical structure to emphasize related ideas
54. Which is an example of Parallelism?
55. Figure which represents abstractions or inanimate objects with human qualities, including physical, emotional, and spiritual; the application of human attributes or abilities to nonhuman entities.
56. "And yet we are still involved in this war. A war that has taken spouses. A war that has taken parents from children. A war that has taken children from parents."This is an example of which rhetorical device?
57. "That's hot" is part of the American .....
58. Greek term for understatement or belittling; referring to something as less important than it really deserves
59. "So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania ..... "-MLK Jr.
60. What is one reason that Thomas Paine thinks the colonies stand a good chance against the British?
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