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Rhetoric Quiz 20 (60 MCQs)

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1. When a writer tries to persuade the audience to respect and believe him or her based on a presentation of image of self through the text. Reputation is sometimes a factor in this (ethos), but in all cases the aim is to gain the audience's confidence.
2. Device where the same word/phrase is repeated at the beginning of sentences.
3. When an author shares accounts of a real event in the form of a small story.
4. When a conclusion follows logically from the major and minor premises, then the argument is said to be
5. BUT THERE ARE MANY MOUNTAINS YET TO CLIMB. WE WILL NOT REST UNTIL EVERY AMERICAN ENJOYS THE FULLNESS OF FREEDOM, DIGNITY, AND OPPORTUNITY AS OUR BIRTHRIGHT.
6. E in SPACECAT stands for:
7. What is the purpose of ethos in persuasive communication?
8. Read the following sentence:A flock of flamingos slowly picked their way across the lawn towards the Gupta family where they stood waiting. How would the meaning of the sentence change is the author used the word "mob" instead of the word "flock" ?
9. The thing that the speaker is trying to get the listener to do is called .....
10. Which metaphor illustrates the broken promises "insofar as her citizens of color are concerned" ?
11. ..... is representing ideas as greater than is actually the case.
12. This person is the main target of a written document.
13. The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines is known as.
14. What is the role of logos in persuasion?
15. The thing which does the verb in a sentence is called the
16. In the line below, what technique is the author using to create his/her style? "As he paced the deck, he noticed what he and his mates called 'Whiskers 'round the Light' ..... tiny splinters of ice in the air, fine as dust, that gave off myriads of bright colors whenever caught in the glow of the deck lights."
17. Using story element symbolically to represent an abstraction
18. The perspective from which a piece of writing is developed
19. ..... is the technique or art of using language effectively in order to persuade or influence
20. Which argument is sound?
21. I'm Theresa Miller, a child psychologist. Sunny Day Preschool is the best preschool in town. The education program here includes an emotional support program for well-rounded, happy children.
22. Repetition of a word or expression at the end of lines/sentences
23. Name that appeal!A commercial for an animal shelter shows a happy dog finding its forever home.
24. What is the definition of 'anecdote' in literature?
25. Logos is an appeal to the audience's .....
26. A logical argument (often a fallacy) that attempts to convince the audience that they have no other choice but to accept the writer's or speaker's views
27. A reference to an object or person by naming only a part of the object or person.
28. I have a wonder, wonderful time.
29. Nearly 25% of all car accidents are caused by drivers using cell phones while driving. What is the main type of rhetoric being used?
30. What is a grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb?
31. "You're not buying a used car, you are purchasing a pre-enjoyed or pre-loved vehicle."
32. "The wall both exists and doesn't exist." Is a .....
33. The use of a mild or pleasant term or phrase in place of an unpleasant one.
34. What device is present here: "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." ?
35. Those guys are looking at you like you're a meal.
36. Presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. This independent clause is preceded by a phrase or clause that cannot stand alone. For example: "Ecstatic with my AP score, I let out a loud, joyful shout!"
37. "I ate cheese yesterday" Vs. "Yesterday, I decided to consume a piece of cheese" is an example of .....
38. How are anecdotes used in speeches?
39. An account of things as they happen
40. Most arguments use a combination of inductive and deductive reasoning.
41. Attacking the person/opposition instead of the claim or product (ad hominem)
42. The right hemisphere of the human brain typically controls muscle movement on the left side of the body.
43. "The student was a sea of problems."
44. Which appeal is text focused?
45. The opposite of the author's claim or the opposing argument is called the .....
46. "Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house?"
47. The following is an example of what kind of literary device? "The big sycamore by the creek was gone. The willow tangle was gone. The little enclave of untrodden bluegrass was gone. The clump of dogwood on the little rise across the creek-now that, too, was gone ..... "
48. Plato was the teacher of Socrates.
49. What rhetorical device is used in the following quote:"For no government is better than the men who compose it, and I want the best, and we need the best, and we deserve the best."
50. Considered the leading humor theory of the day
51. Which of the following is NOT one of the three components of the rhetorical triangle?
52. Any media that tries to make you happy, scared, sad, etc. as a way to persuade you is using .....
53. Which of the following is not a way to establish ethos?
54. When contradictory terms are grouped together
55. Which one of the three Aristotelian appeals most concerns the audience?
56. Which trope or scheme is used in the following sentence: "O holy night! The stars are brightly shining!"
57. What is the meaning of allusion?
58. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
59. The main purpose of slave narratives was to .....
60. Rhetorical Devices
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