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Rhetoric Quiz 28 (60 MCQs)

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1. When algorithms from our social media pull up articles that interest us, they are using our
2. .....was the greatest orator of Ancient Greece, in the 4th century BC. His speeches are characterized by great literary and artistic value and provide a comprehensive insight into the historical, political and cultural events of that era.
3. The appeal that builds credibility is called
4. Sprint is the network for all of your technology needs. It's the number one network and everyone uses its services. What are you waiting for? Join everyone else and get Sprint now! This is an example of what type of propaganda technique?
5. Consider the rhetorical triangle. Purpose is related to:
6. "They might dismiss us and say that we are too young to understand. But I understand pain. I get grief. I see it in the eyes of the families mourning for those they lost. I hear it in the wails of the loved ones who had to bury one of their own because grown men and women won't listen to common sense and do the bare minimum." What is the exigence?
7. Which rhetorical technique best supports the appeal, ethos?
8. "Our expertise in roofing contracting is evidence not only by our 100 years in the business and our staff of qualified technicians, but in the decades of satisfied customers who have come to expect nothing but the best." is .....
9. The three rhetorical appeals outlined in the book Rhetoric are .....
10. How do you define author's purpose?
11. This form of Rhetoric uses facts and data
12. Addressing any and all available means of persuasion
13. What kind of appeal is made in words of the Raisin Bran ad?
14. Giving directions or explaining steps; focus on how it happens, not why
15. Which type of rhetoric deals with LOGIC and REASONING?
16. What is the purpose of using logos in argumentative writing?
17. Which term refers to what someone hopes to accomplish with rhetoric?
18. Which of the following is an appeal to an audience's sense of trustworthiness and credibility?
19. A term used to describe writing that borders on lecturing; it is scholarly and academic.
20. A sentence with two independent clauses.
21. Each of those opera singers regularly ..... notes high enough to break glass and rupture eardrums.
22. Omitting evidence that does not support your position.
23. A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense, but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity
24. "Comfort says, 'Tarry a while." '
25. "I came, I saw, I conquered" is an example of
26. Attempts to persuade the reader by using a famous person to endorse a product or idea
27. "Busy old fool, unruly Sun ..... Saucy pedantic wretch."
28. What rhetorical appeal is being used by a writer who uses the authority of a person or organization in an attempt to get their audience to act or think a certain way?
29. Greek for "mask." The face or character that a speaker shows to his or her audience.
30. "I've known rivers:I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.My soul has grown deep like the rivers." ..... Langston Hughes
31. Something that a listener has to be careful of regarding logos is that
32. "Ideas worth spreading" .
33. When your friend asks you a yes or no question and you reply with "Is grass green?" is an example of .....
34. An intentional exaggeration
35. The characteristic of selecting facts, words, or emphasis to achieve a preconceived intent
36. Think of how hard it would be for your family to live without you if you died in a car accident. Don't text and drive ..... think of those you love.
37. The speaker compares one thing with another, by implying that one thing is another
38. "We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, ..... we shall defend our island whatever the cost may be!" is an example of .....
39. A usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical; a short account of an event
40. In ethos, the writer or speaker presents himself or herself as
41. "Justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream."
42. Large companies (Tyson/Monsanto) declined interviews for the documentary. One farmer, Vince was willing to allow interviewers to enter his chicken house, but changed his mind after several visits from Tyson representatives.
43. Rhetoric has to be ethical. What is ethical?
44. The sun smiled back at us as we sat on the beach on a warm summer day.
45. Repetition at the end of a line. Example: "See no evil. Hear no evil. Speak no evil."
46. An expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements.
47. "Two girls fought today in the cafe. I ate a burger in lunch. So basically I was distracted all day and I could not complete the extra homework I was supposed to do." The speaker's ..... is that teenagers sometimes have a lot of distractions which prevent them from doing what they need to get done.
48. The person or organization delivering the content in a piece of media is .....
49. A adjective used to describe a tone that has the primary purpose of teaching or instructing
50. Political activity that seeks support by appealing to the desires and prejudices of ordinary people rather than by using rational argument
51. Why did Martin Luther King Jr. choose to repeat the phrase "I have a dream" ?
52. If an author/speaker is using facts or statistics to the audience's sense of reasoning/logic, they are using
53. Secondary Audience
54. Define:Rhetorically
55. A little boy suggesting that school doesn't help kids learn is an example of what?
56. This is the weakest rhetorical appeal unless used with another appeal.
57. Support for an argument that is based on recognized experts in the field
58. Rhetorical Device questions ask you about why a specific phrase or statement is made and how it was used as rhetoric.
59. Parliamentary speeches are with party motives, because the speech refers to the entire "national being", i.e. on the whole nation, the whole country.
60. Stark contrast between two people or things used to create deliberate differences
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