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Rhetoric Quiz 128 (60 MCQs)

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1. If an author/speaker is using their credibility to gain the audience's trust, they are using
2. "Look at your man. Now look at me. I'm on a fancy boat. This could be what your man could smell like if he used Old Spice."
3. What kind of appeal is made in the words of the mayo ad?
4. Which of the following is a correct statement?
5. "Let freedom ring ..... from Tennessee, Colorado, Mississippi, Lookout Mountain."
6. Can fish swim?This is an example of
7. Which In-Text Citation is this?(Gordon, 2022)
8. The researchers in the documentary have PhDs, and explain the science behind many of the foods that we eat and how they may negatively affect our bodies.
9. Which symbol represents pathos?
10. The attitude a writer takes towards a subject or character:serious, humorous, sarcastic, ironic, satirical, solemn, objective.
11. To repeat words or phrases at the beginning of successive clauses, thereby placing more emphasis on those words or concepts. For example, "Now is the time to do something. Now is the time to make a stand. Now is the time to stand up for what is right." The emphasis on "Now is the time" creates a sense of urgency for the audience.
12. Closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule
13. Topic addressed in a piece of writing
14. An example of ethos would be:
15. While these classes are particularly helpful to young students developing basic research skills, but adult patrons can also benefit from librarian assistance in that they can acquire job-relevant computer skills. Free to all who utilize their services, public libraries and librarians are especially valuable, because they offer free resources that may be difficult to find elsewhere, such as help with online jobWhich choice most effectively sets up the examples given at the end of the sentence?
16. "Our new HypoDent toothpaste has been proven to clear away plaque and brighten teeth 98% of the time!"
17. What is the most important logos trick, and why?
18. Which is a counterexample of:If a four sided shape has two sides the same length, then it must be a rectangle.
19. Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence: "Speech is silver, but silence is gold."
20. Trump's teachers said that we wasn't so good at math, but he was great at reading and making metaphors.
21. Epideictic Rhetoric focuses on problems that occur in the present time
22. Figurative language, personal anecdote, 1st person, and strong connotations are used to help
23. ..... audiences can include people with whom you're familiar as well as people you don't know personally, but whose expectations you do know.
24. The purpose a crossword puzzle or comic strip in a newspaper is to .....
25. 97% of students say English is their favorite class. This is an example of:
26. Who is known for his contributions to the study of rhetoric?
27. The following is an example of which rhetorical appeal? "If we don't act now, people will continue to suffer. Can your conscience bear the weight of that guilt?"
28. Point out how two or more people, places, or things are alike OR how they differ
29. Addressing a person in a speech or composition who is not present
30. What was the purpose of In Cold Blood?
31. The author acknowledges benefits of working as a teen as well as not working in paragaph 8?
32. Melissa shook her doubtful curls.
33. Recreate, invent, or visually present a person, place, event, or action so that the reader can picture what is being described
34. What, according to Aristotle, is the definition of rhetoric?
35. The arrangement of ideas, incidents, evidence, or details in a perceptible order in a paragraph, essay, or speech.
36. Central idea or message in a work
37. What is hard evidence?
38. Modern and antiquated
39. Independent or Dependent? I am a good cook.
40. A grammatical or structural arrangement of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs so that elements of equal importance are equally developed and similarly phrased
41. Cultural diversity in America adds flavor to the melting pot. This is an example of .....
42. Identify the rhetorical device in the sentence: "The darkness deepened, and the night grew darker still."
43. According to Aristotle, what is an "artistic" proof?
44. How does the use of ethos enhance the credibility of a speaker?
45. Tribunal words are
46. Presenting a topic as a problem and then relating the author's solution
47. Rhetorical Skills 7
48. What the reader needs to know before understanding the main part of the literary work.
49. Which rhetorical appeal appeals to emotions and feelings?
50. Consider the following phrase:In this difficult day, in this difficult time for the United States, What rhetorical strategy is being employed here?
51. In which of the following situations is rhetorical thinking useful?
52. This rhetorical technique is when the writer specifically references the opinion of an expert.
53. "I saw, I conquered, I came." -Mr. Worldwide
54. Opposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a parallel construction
55. An assertion seemingly opposed to common sense, but that may have some truth in it.
56. I didn't bring any money ..... paying for me?
57. What would "Don't act like a Romeo in front of her" be an example of?
58. Saying something in restrained terms in order to avoid being offensive
59. When conveying your stance, you shouldn't be concerned with how it will be received by your audience.
60. In order to be persuasive, you should use a variety of rhetorical devices in your persuasive essays.
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