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Rhetoric Quiz 125 (60 MCQs)

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1. Define explicit.
2. Appeal to ..... encourages the audience to trust the speaker's credibility.
3. Which appeal evokes an emotional, but sometimes irrational response?
4. To understand rhetoric in a photograph you need to look for elements that have been ..... *added*suppressed*substituted .....
5. Which fallacy is used to present two options as the only two options?
6. Imagine Grace, Priya, and Elijah are having a debate. According to Aristotle, what skill is Elijah using when he observes the available means of persuasion?
7. Which is not an allsuion
8. T/F:The following sentence is an example of Parallel Structure. Mrs. Workman likes to teach, to run, and playing with her dogs.
9. WHen an author uses repetition, it is intended to create an emotional response in the reader.
10. A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. Dependent clause followed by an independent clause.
11. Non-periodic sentence; independent clause comes first followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses; this type of writing is more conversational, informal, relaxed, etc.
12. What does MLA stand for?
13. Fred Harvey, an English-born entrepreneur. He decided to open his own restaurant business to serve rail customers. Beginning in the 1870s, he opened dozens of restaurants in rail stations and dining cars. These Harvey Houses, which constituted the first restaurant chain in the United States, was unique for its high standards of service and quality. The menu was modeled after those of fine restaurants, so the food was leagues beyond the sinister fare travelers were accustomed to receiving in transit.His restaurants were immediately successful, but Harvey was not content to follow conventional business practices. The writer is considering deleting the previous sentence. Should the writer make this change?
14. The effect the speaker is claiming is out of proportion to the cause, or illogical based on the cause.
15. A type of communication that attempts to promote or sell a product, service or idea.
16. Which persuasive appeal uses the writer or speaker's authority, credibility, or expertise?
17. How long must we suffer before someone stands up and says something?
18. Person A:I think that the US will come out of this recession quickly. Person B:What do you know about economics? You don't even have a job! Person B insulted the character of the speaker rather than attacking the argument. What did he use?
19. What is the Latin name for conclusion in the six parts of classical rhetoric?
20. What is argumentative writing?
21. Persuading through the character and credibility of the author
22. Examples in rhetoric can be from
23. Which of the following would build the most credibility?
24. An opinion statement.
25. An interruption in dialogue that allows for the direct address of a person or abstract idea. This person/object may or may not be present; heightened emotions
26. Audience, Context, Purpose, and Propaganda are all rhetorical terms.
27. What are the three basic methods of persuasion according to Aristotle?
28. A person who has been erased from all official records and history by the Party
29. What does the "A" in the SOAPS mnemonic stand for?
30. The first to write about rhetoric as an important way to persuade your audience
31. An object, character, or action that represents or stands for something else.
32. When you place two elements together for rhetorical effect, that is called .....
33. A ..... sentence is a sentence that connects two independent clauses, typically with a coordinating conjunction like and or but. They're best for combining two or more self-sufficient and related sentences into a single, unified one.
34. What uses terms related to the five senses:visual, auditory, tactile, gustatory, and olfactory?
35. The rules language follows
36. The problem or struggle that the maincharacter has to solve or overcome bythe end of the story (may be internal orexternal).
37. "Many schools are like learning factories."
38. YOUR ANSWER TO #14
39. A memoir is not an autobiography. Why?
40. How can you recognize bias?
41. Reference to something (literature, current events, etc.) outside the work itself
42. Define:Parenthesis
43. 16 The terms written in to the lengthy contract .....
44. Rhetorical techniques used to persuade an audience by emphasizing what they find most important or compelling. The three major ones are to ethos (character), logos (reason), and pathos (emotions).
45. Claim or prove that(evidence or an accusation) is false.
46. The founder of the judicial discourse is:
47. Pick the term that matches the definition:Omitting conjunctions such as "and" or "as" from a series of related clauses for Rhetorical Effect
48. What method is used to analyze visuals?
49. This rhetorical appeal uses an emotional appeal.
50. The importance of a speaker understanding his/her audience will inform the text on occasion.
51. Authors use a hook at the beginning of their writing in order to get the audience's attention right away.
52. Who originally said this quote?"Democracy is not a state. It's an Act"
53. The first democratic government was the Roman Republic.
54. How would you define an anecdote?
55. This neighborhood's property values have a fifty year track record of improving. Based on this data, it is a great place to invest in real estate.
56. A word's implied or suggested meaning
57. The wave of tears came on quickly like a tide washing over me.
58. Remembering the speech
59. He was a Good Samaritan yesterday when he helped the lady start her car. This sentence uses
60. What is meant by purpose?
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