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Rhetoric Quiz 30 (60 MCQs)

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1. Describes the variety, the conventions, and purposes of the major kinds of writing. The four most common are as follows:(1)expository (2)argumentative(3)descriptive (4)narrative.
2. Consider the rhetorical triangle. Ethos is related to:
3. ..... irony is a contrast between what a reader or character expects and what actually exists or happens.
4. Speakers appeal to ....., or reason, by offering clear, rational ideas and using specific details, examples, facts, statistics, or expert testimony to back them up.
5. The goal the speaker wants to achieve
6. Highlights two opposing words/ideas within a single idea/sentence.
7. Why did Andrew Jackson wanted the land the natives occupied in the first place?
8. "Beacon of light to a million Negro slaves"
9. In a piece of writing, who controls the MOOD?
10. Which of the following is a Rhetorical Appeals?
11. A famous person (athlete/celebrity) endorses a new product.
12. "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 Which technique is used prominently in the above line of Hughes' poem?
13. The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonants in two or more neighboring words (as in "she sells sea shells). The repetition can reinforce meaning, unify ideas, supply a musical sound, and/or echo the sense of the passage.
14. The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.
15. The art of persuasive speaking or writing, often used to influence or inspire an audience
16. When it comes time to write a rhetorical analysis essay, the first thing to do is decide how you want to organize your essay.
17. Rhetoric that persuades using false beliefs or unsound reasoning
18. How does the rhetorical situation affect the reading or writing of a text? it can help you develop a more detailed understanding of others and their texts; helps readers and writers to determine why texts exist, what they aim to do, and how they do it in particular situations
19. Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence: "With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right ..... "
20. ..... is the use of similar grammatical constructions such as, words, phrases, clauses, or sentences to express ideas that are related or equal in importance.
21. An instruction to the audience to provoke an immediate response, usually using an imperative verb such as "call now", "find out more" or "visit a website today" .
22. Writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach. A didactic work is usually formal and focuses on moral or ethical concerns. Didactic writing may be fiction or nonfiction that teaches a specific lesson or moral or provides a model of correct behavior or thinking.
23. Repeating words or phrases for emphasis when speaking or writing
24. I was so hungry I could eat a horse.
25. A sound effect that is used in writing
26. The dictionary or literal definition of a word
27. Give me loyalty, or give me death.
28. The listener, viewer, or reader of a text.
29. "67% of students prefer not to wear a uniform to school" is an example of (a)
30. What is the effect of Seuss's repetition of the pronoun "you" ? (Select all that apply.)
31. "You have been the veterans of creative suffering."
32. Using an expert in a field as part of a persuasive argument
33. Literal meaning of a word as defined by a dictionary.
34. The claim must be
35. This fallacy is committed when a person simply ignores a person's actual position and substitutes a distorted, exaggerated or misrepresented version of that position.
36. What is this an example of:As her friends were helping her do her makeup, she said, "I feel like Frankenstein!"
37. What large scale societal problem does Swift plan to resolve?
38. There are 3 levels of rhetorical argumentation syllogism? (the answer is true)
39. When the main idea is not completed until the end of the sentence
40. What is an example of a biblical allusion?
41. In the Rider/Elephant analogy, which represents conscious reasoning?
42. What does the term 'pedantic' describe?
43. What is the contrast to kairos in terms of time?
44. In this branch of rhetoric the speaker shows what is fair and true
45. " ..... we can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality."
46. What does Montag do that causes Mrs. Phelps to cry?
47. The author's voice in the text is called
48. Diction refers to
49. The Greek Philosopher who coined ethos, pathos, logos was
50. An unexplained reference to a well known work or person is
51. In ethos, the writer or speaker presents himself to the audience as
52. "In years gone by, there were in every community men and women who spoke the language of duty and morality and loyalty and obligation." -William F. Buckley
53. Ethos uses the ..... of the speaker in order to persuade the audience.
54. An author's word choices
55. Of the following, which would be considered a Sophist?
56. Nothing to do tonight? Why not see a play? The theater is alive and well, and tickets are available. Call the ticket hotline now and reserve your seats.
57. "No law that we now have on the books ..... and I have helped to put three of them there ..... "
58. If you commemorate a period of one thousand years, you mark a:
59. What is an Ad hominem?
60. Used to convince the audience that they must act in order to maintain dignity and self-respect
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