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Rhetoric Quiz 138 (60 MCQs)

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1. Part AWhich statement best reflects the central idea of Catt's speech?
2. "We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them."
3. The use of successive verbal constructions (patterns) in poetry or prose that correspond in grammatical structure-usually in a series
4. Which rhetorical elements does Dr. King use in the following quote from the speech? "I have a dream that one day my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
5. An appeal to trust, credibility, and ethics is .....
6. Rhetorical strategy in which contrasting ideas are intentionally juxtaposed, in adjacent phrases, clauses, or sentences.
7. "I came, I saw, I conquered." .....Julius Caesar
8. A beautiful celebrity appears in an advertisement for makeup. You trust her giving this advice because she is so beautiful; this is an example of
9. A student is writing an essay for a political science course. Which of the following fonts and sizes is acceptable for the student to use?
10. What does the term device most closely match?
11. Petition or request
12. Devices (2)? The "pen is mightier than the sword" from Edward Bulwer Lytton's play Cardinal Richelieu.
13. A means of speaking out about issues in a society (it may take the form of rhetoric as well as artistic forms) is
14. Divides genres, author determines the length of the line (a general term for anything that is not poetry)
15. Sentence construction that places equal grammatical construction near each other, or repeats grammatical patterns.
16. What device provides a variety of writing styles and purposes
17. A persuasive technique designed to make people feel that a product or idea is popular and that everyone else is doing it. People feel like they're missing out or falling behind if they don't join the crowd and be a part of the trend.
18. A formal poem lamenting the death of a particular person.
19. Why is this a logical fallacy? "Don't listen to Mr. Fingers when he says walk in the hallways. How can you trust someone who wears bow ties?"
20. The following is an example of, "I will be tired today, I will be tired tomorrow, I will be tired next week, so please do not ask me to do anything for you."
21. To experience or undergo
22. The prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of work
23. A government ruled by a religious leader
24. "Don't you surrender! Suffering breeds character; character breeds faith; in the end faith will not disappoint. You must not surrender ..... "
25. What part of speech does an ADVERB modify?
26. "Anaphora" is a type of .....
27. You act just like your father.
28. You can review this game before-school or during an after-school study session.
29. You've got a smile that can light up this whole town.Which device is used?
30. Melissa shook her curls and her hair.
31. Refers to all of the kinds of expressions we traditionally associate with speech and writing.
32. Whether in class, at work, or at home, Shasta was always busy.The above is an example of
33. Yet all experience is an arch wherethro gleams that untravelled world
34. How did King show he was trustworthy in his ethical appeal?
35. "Yeah, yeah, I'ma up at Brooklyn, now I'm down in TribecaRight next to De Niro, but I'll be hood forever" -Jay-Z
36. This rhetorical device that is an arrangement of words or sentences in similar grammatical form to show the ideas are equal in importance. Examples of this are:Easy come, easy goLike father, like son.I have a dream.
37. Luna, Sophia, and Aria are discussing a Ford Mustang commercial. They are trying to figure out what aspects make it unique and effective. Can you help them?
38. A very typical example of characters or things
39. The pervading impression made on the feelings of the reader. This term is typically associated with the feelings created by the description of the setting.
40. What is the figure of speech that uses an ostensible self-contradiction to illustrate a rhetorical point or to reveal a paradox?
41. You read a manual how to put furniture together. The manual's purpose is to .....
42. Placing to words side by side so as to highlight their differences
43. After a big fight with her parents, Mirah decided to run away from home. She put some essentials in her backpack and then ran and ran, until she was so far from town that she found herself in the desert. As she stopped to rest and sip from her water bottle, Mirah realized she had forgotten to say goodbye to her two best friends and her pet puppy. All the way out here, she wouldn't be able to rant to anyone about her annoying family. Mirah sat down and noticed the sand dunes extending far into the horizon in every direction. She sighed, curled up into a ball, and cried. What does the desert symbolize in this story?
44. "Man proposes, God disposes."
45. The arrangement or framework of a sentence, paragraph, or entire work.
46. The word scrawny, as in "Jason appeared scrawny, " has a ..... connotation.
47. A comparison of two unlike things stating that one thing IS the other.
48. True or False:you do not need to include all three modes of persuasion in order to have a balanced argument.
49. I could really go for some Chinese food for dinner ....., pizza would be great, too.
50. The act of opposing or fighting against something or someone.
51. I am Kainat.I am Kainat Soomro.I am Muzoon.I am Amina.The above example uses the poetic technique of repetition called .....
52. The process of using conjunctions or connecting words frequently in a sentence to create emphasis
53. Your answer to #2
54. Exaggerated statements or claims used for emphasis
55. Which of the following is an appeal to an audience's sense of emotion?
56. The facts of yesterday and today speak for themselves.
57. How do we define an "either/or" logical fallacy?
58. The bar chart supported the author's argument by .....
59. "For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forebears prescribed nearly a century and three-quarters ago."
60. Deductions or conclusions readers make based on information available.
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