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Rhetoric Quiz 11 (60 MCQs)

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1. True or False:Pathos is considered the strongest form of persuasion.
2. A brief reference to a famous person, event, book, song, etc. The most commonly used one of these from a book comes from the Bible
3. The windows of the house glared at me as though they were angry.This is an example of?
4. A writing form that uses repetition creating a feeling of rhythm and balance
5. Which persuasive technique is used? "The people of this city deserve a mayor they can trust, a mayor they can respect, a mayor they can count on."
6. Evidence given for the argument is called .....
7. How does deliberative deal with the future?
8. Repeating something that has already been said or written is conveniently called
9. Hydraulic societies or
10. Your answer to #3.
11. What does kairos refer to in writing?
12. Individual style in which a certain author/speaker conveys stories or messages.
13. The following is an example of which kind of rhetorical device? The team won the game hands down.
14. Why did the author ask a rhetorical question in paragraph 2, then answer it?
15. Occurs when the author assumes that the cases that receive the most publicity are the most common cases
16. Information or ideas that are spread to influence people's opinions or beliefs
17. Opposition or juxtaposition of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction."Not that I loved Caesar less, but I loved Rome more." (Julius Caesar, III, ii)
18. A phrase that presents a figurative meaning; well-known saying
19. Identify the Rhetorical Device:I'm surprised; Glasses didn't know the answer to the Trivia question.
20. Two opposite or contrasting words, phrases, or ideas with parallel structure
21. Which trope or scheme is used in the following sentence? "You can take the girl out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the girl."
22. The justification for or reasoning behind something.
23. Do you see those kids over.....?
24. Analyzing punctuation choices is a part of analyzing this
25. The difference between TED and TEDx is:
26. An "X-men" comic book.
27. What's the Rhetorical Device?The process of creating a word that mimics a sound and using it to describe that sound
28. Words that place limits on your claim and prevents you from overgeneralizing, or stereotyping
29. "History has shown time and again that absolute power corrupts absolutely."
30. The speaker of a text is .....
31. Attacking an opponent's character rather than his/her argument
32. Several parts of a sentence or several sentences expressed in similar grammatical form to show that the ideas are equal in importance. Can add balance, rhythm and emphasis to ideas. (Often occurs with anaphora, epistrophe and/or juxtaposition.) Example: " ..... We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty." (John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address)
33. Associations suggested by a word
34. The art of persuading someone through word choice or style.
35. Which In-Text Citation is this?(Gordon, pg.16)
36. Choose the word that rhymes with "epistrophe"
37. As the butterfly emerges from its cocoon, so must you leave your comfort zone and experience the wider world.
38. What is the perception of ethos?
39. "The school will reopen to year 9 students next week" Which word here is the subject of the sentence?
40. This sentence is a fragment:The baseball teams in the National League.
41. Recognize the rhetorical device in this statement: "The early bird might get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese."
42. Expressing the same idea in different words to clarify or stress key points
43. "How are we to survive? Solemnity is not the answer, any more than witless and irresponsible frivolity is." -Ogden Nash
44. What is the effect of using alliteration in a speech or composition?
45. Asking a question that doesnot require an answer andasserting somethingDon't we all worry too much?Are you working on yourassignment?
46. Placing a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it
47. You want to argue the schools should have less homework. What is an example of logos?
48. Another word for theme is .....
49. The major category into which a literary work fits; basic divisions are prose, poetry, and drama
50. ..... is an appeal to ethics, and it is a means of convincing someone of the character or credibility of the persuader.
51. A student wants to talk about a writer's use of metaphors in the text. In which paragraph should he do this.
52. Logos is the appeal of .....
53. Refers to the elements of a speech that appeal to an audience's sensibilities; commonly translated as an emotional appeal
54. Any relation to the exigence of the essay
55. Remember the Ladies:which word choice would make the best emotional appeal to her husband?
56. What is the predominant rhetorical appeal?
57. Why is Ethos effective?
58. Houses near the coast should be build at least ten feet above sea level because statistics show that at waters rise to these heights at least once every twenty years.
59. "Private demand for the product has tapered off for the past three years, and this year's sales figures are at an all-time low. It's time to research other options."
60. What are the '3 Musketeers of Persuasion?'
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