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Rhetoric Quiz 109 (60 MCQs)

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1. Don't be the last person on the block to get your lawn treated-you'll be a laughing stock!
2. The deafening silence drove the man crazy.This is an example of which literary device
3. "To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, that is genius." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
4. What does imitatio mean?
5. What was the name of the philosopher who was the first main pioneer of rhetoric?
6. "The dinner was so good; I ate the chicken, and the salad, and the turkey, and the wild rice, and the bread, and the mashed potatoes, and the cranberry sauce." This is an example of a(n) .....
7. Which appeal demonstrates the author's reliability and competence?
8. The purpose of a rhetorical device is to persuade a person to think about a topic from a different perspective.
9. MLK's reference to the "snowcapped Rockies of Colorado" is an example of .....
10. The legal driving age should be raised to 18.
11. ..... are the persuasive strategy of addressing and criticizing an opposing view.
12. The group of people to whom the writing or speech is directed
13. The reuse of words, phrases, ideas or themes in your speech
14. Choose the one that is NOT true:Rhetorics
15. Use of laughter/humor to make the product memorable.
16. Read the following passage: "How could you do this?" the painter screeched. "How could you paint that wall blue? It should clearly be orange!" How would the meaning of the sentence change if the author used the word "whimpered" instead of the word "screeched" ?
17. "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury:this case has great repercussions for medical malpractice cases currently being tried and those to come. By acting on this now and handing down a verdict of guilty, you will make your mark on the law for years to come."
18. A type of figurative language in which two unlike things are compared using like, as, than, or resembles.
19. Which figurative language is the following an example of? "America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds" ' (King).
20. The appeal to PURPOSE is .....
21. Sheep should sleep in a shed.
22. Tonya was relaxing with a magazine when her father walked in, looking perturbed and sounding annoyed, too. What words give you clues to the meaning of perturbed?
23. Usage of repeating words and forms to give pattern and rhythm to writing
24. "The low riding, black rimmed, shiny, black and yellow Mustang was cruising down the street too fast for my liking" is an example of what?
25. Too little medicine causes tremors and stiffness. To much medicine produces uncontrollable movement and slurring. And far too often, Parkinson's patients wait and wait for the medicines to "kick-in"
26. "Passed away" and "let go" are
27. Identify the rhetorical device in the sentence: "We will fight, and we will never surrender!"
28. Also called an assertion or proposition, it states the argument's main idea or position. It differs from a topic or subject in that it has to be arguable.
29. She was wearing cowboy boots in her last Instagram photo, so she must love country music.
30. Which mode of persuasion appeals to the emotions of the audience in an argument?
31. When Douglass describes how Mr. Hugh's wife's "tender heart became stone, this is an example of a(n):
32. I ask you, what's your contribution going to be? What problems are you going to solve? What discoveries will you make?
33. When using ethos, you are building .....
34. Greek for "suffering" or "experience." Speakers appeal to ..... to emotionally motivate their audience. More specific appeals to ..... might play on the audience's values, desires, and hopes, on the one hand, or fears and prejudices on the other.
35. What is the correct description of high or grand style?
36. Brief personal stories that illustrate a point
37. Mark wanted to be a great skater. But he didn't want to spend the hours practicing. He wished he could just do the tricks easily. Mark's dream was to have everyone stop and stare when he entered the skate park. He wanted them to say, "Mark is the best skater in the whole world."What is the controlling idea?
38. A room without books is like a body without a soul.
39. Persuading by using logic and reasoning-Ex. "The data clearly shows that this type of investment yields the highest returns."
40. Knowing where your information comes from (sources) and the way it affects your audience are equally important when planning a talk.
41. Ethos is the appeal that uses ..... Ethos es el atractivo que utiliza .....
42. What is the adjective in the sentence below:The patron is a brilliant painter.
43. Which question is NOT an adjective question?
44. What is this an example of:As he went outside for the first time that day, it felt as if the sun was smiling down at him.
45. What is the main difference between Brutus' and Antony's funeral orations (speeches)?
46. Define Juxtapose
47. Making you feel sad:
48. What is the definition of the logical fallacy, hasty generalization?
49. Why is the refutation and concession section important in an argumentative essay?
50. Choosing to write cruel instead of mean is an example of a writer being deliberate about this
51. An argument based on facts, evidence, or reasons
52. The techniques of using language in order to persuade your audience.
53. The use of loaded language in a text may be a sign that the author is attempting to utilize which rhetorical appeal?
54. What would be the correct rebuttal here?Claim:School should be year-longCounterclaim-but students need a break to rejuvenate
55. Repeating the exact same words at the end of a sentence or clause at least 3 times.
56. A sentence that including multiple dependent clauses following a singular independent clause
57. A particular form of understatement, generated by denying the opposite of the statement which otherwise would be used.
58. The third mode of persuasion identified by Aristotle; it relies on logical reasoning, evidence, and rational arguments to persuade.
59. "We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ..... " Patrick Henry
60. "O Wind, / If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?"
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