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Rhetoric Quiz 103 (60 MCQs)

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1. Dr. Martin called an ambulance to a woman's house to take her to the hospital, wishing to save her life after she had a heart attack. On the way to the hospital, the ambulance is hit by a semi truck and everyone on board the ambulance is injured. What type of irony is represented in this situation?
2. What three things should you include in your explanation of a rhetorical appeal? (think back to Friday's class).
3. An erroneous argument that is dependent upon an unsound or illogical contention.
4. What are the three topics of invention?
5. The attitude that an author conveys toward a subject and audience is
6. Lacking factual support; often emotional or opinion-based.
7. The devices or techniques the author uses to persuade the audience.
8. You don't really think supply is causing inflation, do you?
9. The feeling a reader gets about a piece of writing in response to the author's tone.
10. If you argue against a new ordinance that requires restaurants to display nutrition information on all their food with factual evidence showing the detrimental consequences of implementing such an ordinance, you are using what topoi?
11. What is Eisenhower's overall purpose in writing the "Order of the Day" ?
12. Complete the sentence using parallel structure:When Diane takes her beagle for a walk, Santana enjoys sniffing for edible garbage, ....., and lunging at squirrels.
13. "It was the best day of my life and the worst day in my life at the same time, " is an example of .....
14. When a speaker or a writer tries to persuade you by appealing to your emotions and your feelings, this type of rhetorical strategy is known as:
15. When listing, keeping the listed items in the same structure or form.
16. What is an example of an oxymoron?
17. Which best describes a rhetorical CHOICE in the text as a whole?
18. When examining an argument, this is where we focus on evidence and organization presented to convince the audience of the truth of the argument. Evidence may be statistics, data, research, personal experience, or personal observation.
19. A certified nutritionist would have ethos when speaking at a health food convention.
20. A convention in drama whereby a character onstage addresses the audience to reveal some inner thought or feeling.
21. The O in S.O.A.P. stands for .....
22. This is the art of persuasive and effective speaking and writing.
23. Identify the LF: "The teacher says that I'm going to fail her class if I keep falling asleep in third period. I said if she doesn't want me to fall asleep then she shouldn't be so boring."
24. An anecdote can be used to convey which of the rhetorical devices?
25. What is the use of slang or informalities in speech or writing?
26. An indirect reference, often to a person, event, statement, theme, or work.
27. When Douglass describes how "This battle with Mr. Covey ..... rekindled the few expiring embers of freedom." This is an example of a(n):
28. The documentary features the story of 3 year old Kevin who died from E.coli contaminated meat that was not recalled until several months after his death.
29. When writing a precis, what should be in quotation marks?
30. He is fit as a fiddle. This is an example of .....
31. Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of consecutive sentences, lines, or clauses .....
32. True or False:Rhetoric is the ancient art of using language to persuade. If you use it well, your audience will easily understand what you're saying, and will be influenced by your message. True or False:Rhetoric is the ancient art of using language to persuade. If you use it well, your audience will easily understand what you are saying and be influenced by your message.
33. What is the occasion for this court case?
34. To represent as greater than is actually the case
35. Appealing to time and place.
36. The speaker presents two extreme options as the only possible choices
37. Who said it? "As for intellect, all I can say is, if women have a pint and man a quart, why can't she have her little pint full?"
38. To give the two or more parts of a sentence the same grammatical structure.
39. In ....., the words literally state the opposite of the writer's (or speaker's) true meaning.
40. This type of appeal is based on the character of the speaker/writer.
41. Pick the term that matches the definition:A sentence that contains two or more clauses or phrases, one after another, that are not conjoined with conjunctions.
42. True or False:Counterclaims provide evidence to support YOUR argument, as stated in your claim.
43. Aristotle suggested that ethos contain
44. Writer/speaker establishes credibility, authority, moral character to help persuade.
45. Global warming affects humans, the environment, and is scary
46. What is this an example of?The cupcake is calling my name.
47. Alters or intensifies meaning
48. Use of a word that applies to multiple words in a sentence in different ways.
49. Poor study habits ..... many poor grades.
50. Determine the rhetorical device in this sentence: "He's a tall giant."
51. "The Heart wants what it wants-or else it does not care" (Emily Dickinson)
52. A ..... person might say, "I will be taking off 10 points for poor spelling and grammar!"
53. Match the technique to the appropriate appeal:emotional visuals
54. The belief in popular opinion, leading one to believe that a proposition is true merely because it is popular is called-
55. The people that the piece of media is trying to reach is called .....
56. What is supporting evidence?
57. What is an example of symbolism?
58. Who can we credit with his groundbreaking work in the field of rhetoric?
59. What does politikos mean?
60. I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong, The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam, The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work, The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck, The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands, The wood-cutter's song, the ploughboy's on his way in the morning, or at noon intermission or at sundown, The delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at work, or of the girl sewing or washing, Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else, The day what belongs to the day-at night the party of young fellows, robust, friendly, Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs.What literary device is Whitman utilizing in this poem?
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