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Rhetoric Quiz 121 (60 MCQs)

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1. Study involving the meaning of words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another.
2. Choose the correct term for the following definition:To criticize or express disapproval of
3. Which rhetorical device involves using exaggeration for emphasis or effect?
4. When a speaker establishes trustworthiness, he or she employs
5. The time and place of a story, whichusually play an important role in the plotevents.
6. Name the parts of SPACECAT
7. Explain and analyze information by presenting an idea, relevant evidence, and appropriate discussion
8. Give someone the cold shoulder
9. According to Aristotle, what is the most persuasive method of speech?
10. The persona adopted by the author to deliver his or her message; may or may not actually be the same person as the author.
11. The audience was impressed by the ..... the young girl used in her speech.
12. What is the most important aspect of the major and minor premise of a syllogism?
13. Intentionally exaggerating a characteristic of something to draw more attention to it.
14. This type of editorial explains the significance of a special day
15. What is this an example of: "I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet" Acquainted with the Night by Robert Frost
16. Which rhetorical device is being used when the audience is determining whether or not the speaker is a decent human being or good person:
17. Figure of emphasis in which a single word or short phrase, usually interrupting normal speech, is used to lend emphasis to the words on either side of the figure. Typical examples include:infact, of course to be sure indeed, I suppose, I hope, you know, you see, clearly, in any event, in effect, certainly, remarkably.
18. According to Aristotle, what is an "artless" proof?
19. Which rhetorical device is being used when the audience feels compelled to agree with the speaker because of the facts that are presented:
20. Implied comparison achieved through a figurative use of words; the word is used not in its literal sense, but in one comparable to it.
21. Which appeal does an effective speaker rely upon?
22. What do you use when you want to use a passage from the author and put it in your own words?
23. Which appeal evokes a rational, reasonable response?
24. TRUE OR FALSE:Tone is the attitude our audience has toward our arguments.
25. What is the overall purpose of this speech?
26. A figure of speech where a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable; an object is a symbolic representation of something abstract
27. All citizens in the United States of America need to apply for a passport before [ ..... ] travel outside of the US.
28. A rhetorical question is one that is not meant to be answered. For example, "Do I look like I was born yesterday?"
29. The repetition of similar grammatical or syntactical patterns.
30. "A time to be born, a time to dieA time to plant, a time to reap"
31. A word that makes a sound-bang-zip
32. Deferential respect
33. Types of communication according to communication channels
34. The form of argumentative/persuasive appeal that is based in authority or credibility.
35. The Pathos appeal applies to what?
36. The literal or primary meaning of a word ..... think "dictionary definition"
37. A politician argues for a new domestic spending program by stating facts and figures about the current level of spending, the current economy, and how this program is projected to improve the economy. This is an example of
38. Related to style; refers to the writer's word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness. Descriptions include formal or informal, ornate or plain. Complements the author's purpose.
39. Which mode of persuasion is the most effective on the average audience member?
40. "All animals are created equal, but some are more equal than others." ..... George Orwell, Animal FarmThis statement contains an example of antithesis and .....
41. "We cannot afford to waste precious time searching for our keys every morning. We need to always be able to locate them on a moment's notice." This statement can best be described as .....
42. An ..... is a direct or indirect reference to something well known, such as a famous person, place, event, or literary work.
43. An assertion of the truth of something
44. The most difficult aspect of the cannons of rhetoric
45. It is "the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion" (Shea et al. 1).
46. What element is used to get to an obvious or desired answer?
47. A question posed for effect, not requiring an answer.
48. An appeal to the audience by playing on their emotions is what sort of means of persuasion?
49. "Wherein could this flea guilty be, except in that drop which it sucked from thee?"
50. Anthesis = variety of parallelism
51. What are the main goals of each sermon?
52. "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury:we have not only the fingerprints, the lack of an alibi, a clear motive, and an expressed desire to commit the robbery ..... We also have a video of the suspect breaking in. The case could not be more open and shut."Which appeal is this an example of?
53. How does Douglass react to the Fourth of July?
54. What is the following an example of:We have seen the state of our Union in the endurance of rescuers, working past exhaustion. We've seen the unfurling of flags, the lighting of candles, the giving of blood, the saying of prayers-in English, Hebrew, and Arabic.
55. A reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, art, religion, politics, or popular culture.
56. The opposite of occult
57. Which rhetorical device is being used in the following quote:'Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugation; the last arguments to which kings resort.'?
58. A kind of metaphor that gives inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics
59. An election candidate speaking at a convention in Texas ends his speech with "Y'all come back now ya hear" is an example of .....
60. Example:dark comedy, open secret, jumb shrimp
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