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Rhetoric Quiz 34 (60 MCQs)

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1. "Who's ready to party?" is an example of
2. Studying a memoir's setting leads to a more ..... analysis of it's events and message
3. "It would be superfluous in me to point out to your Lordship that this is war."
4. "Now what a black sea of terror has overwhelmed him, Now as we keep our watch and wait the final day, count no many happy till he dies, free of pain at last." How would you describe the diction in the final lines of the play (see above)?
5. Inversion in the arrangement of common words
6. What are the three words we talked about yesterday?
7. Chocolate was her Achilles' heel. Which rhetorical device is used to get the point across here?
8. A statement that is self contradictory
9. -I am so hungry!-Let's Taco about it.
10. When a speaker uses words or phrases intended to inspire emotion in the reader, it is known as
11. Which of the following quotes from Heller's Catch-22 contains an example of antithesis?
12. A hospital, after all, is not the best place for a baby to be born.
13. In Obama's Rosa Parks speech, the President made many allusions to what?
14. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.Hint:Determine the connotation (positive or negative) through context clues. Although the problem was difficult to resolve, Sandra and John were ..... in searching for an answer. Their teacher was quite proud.
15. The "American Dream" is .....
16. A position or understanding based on a particular person's opinion, biases, or life experiences.
17. The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant.
18. The four possible purposes of an author are to
19. Using quotes from influential people in your speech can add to its .....
20. What figurative device is Kennedy using here: "we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of liberty."
21. The following is an example of what type of rhetorical device? "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief ..... "
22. "We are a bunch of Rip Van Winkles, quiescent." -Shirley Chisholm, 'A Coalition of Conscience, ' Greenfield High School, Greenfield, Massachusetts, Oct. 3, 1983. This quote contains an example of ..... :
23. Phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other
24. Uses famous people or figures to endorse/sell a product
25. Billy- "An apple is a vegetable." Bobby- "Don't listen to Billy; he failed Spanish class last year. "
26. "You won't be sorry, meaning you'll be glad, " is an example of
27. The use of figurative language to represent objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses.
28. What is the "pathos" appeal?
29. Which of the following would be a technique that BEST implements logos or logical persuasion?
30. The proverb "The early bird catches the worm" seems particularly apropos to the subject of your paper, so you decide to quote it. You go the library and find a book of proverbs so that you can provide a citation.
31. True or False:Both a periodic sentence and a loose sentence feature independent clauses and dependent clauses.
32. Rhetorical appeals are used to:
33. Repetition of vowel sounds (not just initially)
34. This statement is a rhetorical question: "Can we really expect this injustice to continue?"
35. Pathos is an appeal to
36. What was a topic in one of the songs we listened to?
37. Juxtaposition of strongly contrasting words, images, or ideas
38. An appeal to logic, and is a way of persuading an audience by reason, fact and rationality.
39. A form of reasoning in which two statements or premises are made and a logical conclusion is drawn from them; a form of deductive reasoning.
40. The most effective use of rhetoric is the following:
41. My grandmother died and I really need the day off to go spend time with my family. They need me at their side during this terrible time.
42. A short reference to a familiar person, place, thing, or event. Ex. "Five score years ago ..... " this is an ..... to Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address"
43. She broke his car and his heart
44. The following is an example of which literary term?Atticus's closing arguments
45. An argument that uses bad reasoning mistaken reasoning.
46. Select the answer describing a rhetorical move, not summarizing the article
47. To me, eating dark chocolate is almost as good as winning the lottery!
48. It is to the brave, the vigilant, the active .....
49. The reason a writer writes (to inform, to persuade, to entertain, to explain, to describe)
50. The rain came in molton golden notes
51. Intentionally contrasting two items, images, or ideas to show how different they are.
52. The duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language, such as a sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern.
53. Which of these is most likely to make someone act and take the next step?
54. "I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice."
55. State of being wellknown for a bad quality
56. According to paragaph 6, it is very easy for teens to get hired for temporary jobs (summer positions)
57. "Mom, you know that I am a self-starter, a dedicated learner, and an A student. You can trust that I will not misuse my phone in class." This is an example of .....
58. A mild or pleasant term used in place of an unpleasant or offensive one. Example: "Sanitation engineer" instead of "garbage man."
59. Open questions are questions that
60. This rhetorical technique uses specific sensory details to lure the reader into an argument.
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