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Rhetoric Quiz 46 (60 MCQs)

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1. Select the rhetorical APPEAL in the following example:THE FUNCTIONS OF OUR GOVERNMENT CONTINUE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION. FEDERAL AGENCIES IN WASHINGTON WHICH HAD TO BE EVACUATED TODAY ARE REOPENING FOR ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL TONIGHT AND WILL BE OPEN FOR BUSINESS TOMORROW. OUR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS REMAIN STRONG, AND THE AMERICAN ECONOMY WILL BE OPEN FOR BUSINESS AS WELL.
2. Central/main characterALWAYS involved in central part ofstory. (The main conflict revolves aroundthis character). This type of charactergenerally changes AFTER the climax.
3. The tendency to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true, without consideration of evidence or the opinions of others.
4. What does the repetition of "John Kerry believes" in Barack Obama's speech convey?
5. When Sojourner Truth states, "that man over there" she is demonstrating .....
6. What is the main characteristic of logos?
7. We analyzed Lou Gherig's Farewell Speech. What did we discuss was the PURPOSE of his speech?
8. "We are met on a great battlefield of war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live."
9. Mrs. Herrera likes the color black. This statement is a
10. A linguistic and literary device, in spoken or written form, in which real meaning is concealed or contradicted
11. The use of a word or phrase that is less expressive or direct but considered less distasteful or offensive than another.
12. A verse with no rhyme or meter (structure)
13. My love is like a red, red rose-Robert BurnsThis sentence is an example of .....
14. What does Michael J. Fox want to persuade the senators to do?
15. I've not eaten meat for 8 years, and I'm fit and healthy; you can't argue that vegetarianism is always unhealthy.
16. An appeal to emotion, and is a way of convincing an audience of an argument by creating an emotional response.
17. Biases are not really just right or wrong until they become
18. One of the strongest elements of Trump's manner of speaking is that he doesn't repeat himself.
19. When a speaker indicates that the listener is part of a group, he's using
20. One kind of sensory stimulus evokes the subjective experience of another
21. Tiger Woods endorses Nike.
22. Fitting one's speech to the context and audience is know known as .....
23. Henrietta Lacks' family got ..... for medicine made from her cells.
24. An attempt to persuade the audience to accept the conclusion ..... by predicting (or causing) unpleasant consequences if it is not accepted
25. Pick the term that matches the definition:an urgent need or demand, a spark
26. An appeal to logic and reasoning.
27. Rhetoric spread with the Roman Empire.
28. Which perspective deals with history, evidence, social characteristics?
29. Why is understanding the purpose and effect of rhetorical questions important?
30. Which of the following could create a POSITIVE mood for a reader?
31. What rhetorical device does Douglass use when he claims that he does not need to argue against slavery because Southern laws concede that Black people are humans, and that Americans have declared that humans are entitled to liberty (4-5)?
32. Deliberative deals with
33. Expresses an action as a statement of fact
34. The trustworthiness and credibility of a source:
35. What is the definition of reconciliation?
36. Which of the following is not a best practice for giving an oral presentation?
37. Taking something that would be particularly negative and phrasing it in a more positive light.
38. Statements or words that are NOT plainly expressed but rather suggested
39. The rhetorical triangle is when you consider the interaction of three elements when forming the content of your argument. Which of the following is NOT one of these influential elements?
40. Why is it important to understand the author's purpose?
41. Giving human characteristics to non-human objects."The pen danced across the author's page."
42. To keep away from
43. When the speaker invokes God ..... as Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass both do ..... what rhetorical device(s) are they employing? (claiming they're doing God's work, or that God is on their side)
44. Persuasive techniques will always be obvious to the viewers/readers.
45. The character and credibility of the writer in the eyes of the reader.
46. Voting for me will make you happy.
47. The football team lost the game.
48. Which of the following is a synonym for uplifting?
49. Which of the following is NOT part of the Aristotelian Triad?
50. What is the purpose of repetition in writing?
51. Repeats a similar sentence structure is several phrases in order to persuade the audience
52. A statement that minimizes the significance of something or says less than it means; often used for comedic effect.
53. The term for using exaggeration for persuasive effect is .....
54. Rhetoric is defined as
55. A statement that seems impossible because the ideas are opposites, but have an element of truth is which of the following rhetorical devices?
56. "It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this."
57. No matter what the medium, a text's design affects the way it is received and understood.
58. "Based on the dozens of archaeological expeditions I've made all over the world, I am confident that those potsherds are Mesopotamian in origin."
59. Logos is the appeal of what?
60. What appeal does the rhetorical device in the following quote from the "9/11" speech refer to? "The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge ..... huge structures collapsing have filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness, and a quiet, unyielding anger.
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