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Rhetoric Quiz 40 (60 MCQs)

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1. The good news ..... that money-management skills ..... more common sense and discipline than they do brilliance and an MBA.
2. The success of "On Manifest Destiny" is mostly due to
3. When we debate or argue with our interlocutor, we need to use our logical thinking so that the argument we convey becomes something that can be tested for truth. When we debate or argue with our interlocutor, we need to use our logical thinking so that the argument is we convey it as something that can be tested for truth. The example above is an example of an assumption?
4. Appeal to emotion in a piece of rhetoric
5. A character trait that brings about the downfall of the hero or heroine.
6. What's the Rhetorical Device? "Look at me! Look at my arm! I have plowed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me.....and ain't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man and [born] the lash as well.....and ain't I a woman? I have born thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me.....and ain't I a woman?" What rhetorical devices does the following quote contain? "Look at me! Look at my arm! I have plowed and sown and gathered into barns, and no one could beat me.....And am I not a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man-when I could get it-and endure the whip, too.....And am I not a woman? I have given birth to thirteen children, and I have seen most of them sold as slaves, and when I cried out my mother's pain, but no Jesus heard me..... And am I not a woman?
7. Rhetorical Devicecomparison of two unlike things using like or as
8. "100% of students who use their class time wisely complete their project and are successful" is an example of .....
9. A figurative image that implies the similarity between things otherwise dissimilar. (A comparison)
10. Audience appeals are
11. Attributing human qualities to objects, abstractions, or animals.
12. Loaded words is a propaganda device that is used to:
13. A statement that is not good enough to explain how good, bad, or impressive something really is?
14. In formal logic, a structure of deductive logic in which correctly formed major and minor premises lead to a necessary conclusion.
15. Identify the word or phrase that creates epistrophe in the following: "And that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth, " Abraham Lincoln
16. If it were me, I would be angry. After years of this type of disrespect from your boss, countless hours wasted, birthdays missed ..... it's time that you took a stand.
17. A reference to a famous or well-known event, idea, or figure.Choose the word that best fits the definition above.
18. ID the ADVERB:The students happily ran out of the doors on the last day of school.
19. What is a common rhetorical device used in speeches?
20. Celebrity endorsements are what type of rhetorical appeal?
21. When a nonhuman or an inanimate object possesses the attribution of human qualities
22. Comparing two things that are not comparable. Ex:apples to dogs
23. WE SHALL NOT FLAG OR FAIL. WE SHALL GO ON TO THE END ..... WE SHALL NEVER SURRENDER.
24. Ethos, logos, and pathos are called:
25. What type of reasoning uses a given fact or set of facts to deduce other facts to reach a conclusion? (a+b=c)
26. Dishonest practices and claims to have special knowledge and skill
27. An obvious, intended exaggeration
28. What is an example of pathos?
29. A ..... sentence aims to create suspense for the reader, who must read the whole sentence to figure out the main thought.
30. The information in paragraph 4 suggests
31. Engaging the audience's emotions for the purpose of persuasion
32. "Twenty-one years ago, this last September, on a lonely stretch of railroad track paralleling U.S. Highway 101 near Salinas, 32 Bracero farm workers lost their lives in a tragic accident ..... They died when their bus, which was converted from a flatbed truck, drove in front of a freight train."
33. This type of reasoning goes from the specific to the broad
34. Which Question Is Rhetorical?
35. "the devising of matter, true or plausible, that would make the case convincing" the Ad Herennium defines which faculty as such?
36. "The Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty"
37. Shows urgency and answers why now?
38. "I came, I saw, I conquered."What rhetorical devise is used?
39. "When I was ten, Swat, which was a place of beauty and tourism, suddenly changed into a place of terrorism." Which rhetoric tool is this an example of?
40. An issue, problem, or situation that causes or prompts someone to write or speak.
41. If a politician gives a speech and mentions a tax increase in order to pay for efficient social security, what type of rhetoric is being used?
42. A rhetorical appeal that relies on logic or reason
43. Identify the Rhetorical Device:I love you because you are gentle. Your gentleness blooms from love.
44. The nonliteral, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggestive meaning
45. When an ACT test question has 2 options that are very similar, you should
46. How can pathos be achieved in persuasive writing or speeches?
47. Figure of speech in the form of a question posed for rhetorical effect rather than for the purpose of getting an answer.
48. ..... exists when someone knowingly exaggerates or says one thing but means another.
49. Gandhi worked tirelessly to achieve political goals nonviolently, through boycotts, strikes, and passive refusal.
50. Identify the dominant appeal: ""The veterinarian says that a Golden Retriever will be the perfect match for our active family lifestyle."
51. Ethos appeals to what?
52. If his years in the Marines taught him anything, it's that caution is the best policy.
53. Comparing an argument to a car is an example of a
54. The main theme or subject of a work that is elaborated on the development of the piece; a repeated pattern or idea:
55. The time period, place, or circumstancethe atmosphere in which something occurshistorical, political, cultural, environmental, social, etc.
56. Name the philosopher who coined the term "rhetoric":
57. What is the following an example of?"If we don't move soon, we're all going to die! Can't you see how dangerous it would be to stay?"
58. Beginning, middle, end, climax, rising action, falling action, etc, are usually part of what?
59. ..... is general statement about a group of people or things that is based on only a few people or things in that group.
60. "I'm so cold I think I could melt candles" -2 Chainz
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