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Rhetoric Quiz 56 (60 MCQs)

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1. Convincing the audience of the speaker/writer's credibility or character.
2. What element should change based on the audience?
3. What person or group of people would oppose Kinghorn's argument?
4. The repetition of the first consonant sound occuring close together in a series
5. What is the definition of "logos" ?
6. I am faster than the speed of light.Is an example of a?
7. Summarize a story recount steps in a process, provide directions. (a)
8. Hey there, Abigail, Aiden, and Jackson! Can you guys tell me what SOAPSTone stands for in rhetoric?
9. Putting two contrasting elements together that are so unlike that the effect is surprising, witty, or even startling. Example: "My only love sprung from my only hate." (Romeo and Juliet)
10. Greek for "mask"
11. I also felt that it was important for me to quietly "soldier on" ..... What I understood very clearly is that the time for quietly "soldiering on" is through. The war against Parkinson's is a winnable war, and I am resolved to play a role in that victory.
12. Inferring that claims are true for most people or the majority.
13. When what the audience expects to happen contrasts with what actually happens.
14. Logos is an argument based on
15. Sarah had a sick baby and desperately needed time off from work, but her boss didn't want to give her any. When she came back to work, she was fired. It's people like Sarah who prove we need a paid parental leave policy.
16. "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is an example of a/an:
17. "Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo."
18. What example of figurative language is represented in the quote below? "Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail." -A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
19. A comparison of two different things that are ALIKE in some way ..... Example:Finding a good man is like finding a needle in a haystack. Explanation ..... A man and a needle are not similar, but the excitement of finding both when searching for them is comparable.
20. This form of rhetoric uses an expert or a celebrity
21. " ..... in this flea our two bloods mingled be ..... "
22. Used to express a command
23. The following example is what term:The fire station burnt down.
24. Persuasive Techniques Anecdote/Narration:
25. Mama always said, "Life is like a box of chocolates:you never know what you're gonna get!"
26. Which passage from "The Emancipation Proclamation" is the best example of ethos?
27. Define paralipsis
28. What is the tone of this statement?This isn't the greatest apartment in the world, but it is really not that bad.
29. An appeal to character and credibility
30. Emphasis which intentionally employs a series of conjunctions not normally found in successive words, phrases, or clauses
31. Appeals to logic and reason by using statistics, facts, and figures.
32. Evidence, claims, warrants/assumptions, backing, and reservations are all apart of what?
33. Printing out a single worksheet can lead to thousands of forests being cut down.
34. What type of writing is LOGOS most effective in?
35. Argument based on emotion and feelings
36. How is context different from exigence?
37. My grandmother raised sevenchildren all by herself, so when itcomes to advice on kids, I trusther.
38. A speaker explaining the process of how the local landfill has poisoned the water source on her farm would most likely be an appeal to .....
39. A way of appealing to an audience by showing one's credibility and ethical character is known as?
40. Represents an animal or an inanimate object as human
41. Multiple meanings of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage
42. Gives human like qualities to non-humans.
43. Making two or more words, phrases, or clauses equal in part of speech or grammatical structure.
44. What is the structure of body paragraph #1?
45. Example:'my only love sprung from my only hate'
46. "Who is here sovile that will not love his country?" is an example of:
47. How did Aristotle define rhetoric?
48. I stand before you tonight under indictment for the alleged crime of having voted at the last presidential election, without having a lawful right to vote. It shall be my work this evening to prove to you that in thus voting, I not only committed no crime, but, instead, simply exercised my citizen's rights, guaranteed to me and all United States citizens by the National Constitution, beyond the power of any state to deny. The appeal used in section 1 of the text can best be described as:
49. Which of the following is not a mode of persuasion in rhetoric?
50. Identify the LF: "The new iphone has been sold out since it got released. I'm going to wait until I can buy it-it's obviously the best choice if so many people want one."
51. To those of you who arrived here thinking you were visiting the website for Cooking Light magazine:turn around.
52. Short stories about a personal incident used to help make the point are .....
53. The following statement is an example of what literary term?Why are people born? Why do they die? And why do they spend so much of the intervening time wearing digital watches?
54. How is a metaphor defined?
55. The movie SCREAM is a ..... of I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER.
56. What example of figurative language is represented in the quote below? "Because I could not stop for Death-He kindly stopped for me-The Carriage held but just Ourselves-And Immortality." - "Because I could not stop for Death, " Emily Dickinson
57. The action of a story; all of the eventsthat occur from the beginning to the end.The plot, when divided, can becomprised of up to 6 key parts.
58. What is an example of ethos?
59. His paranoia spread like wildfire.
60. What two things should you have in a counter-argument?
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