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Rhetoric Quiz 6 (60 MCQs)

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1. How can a speaker provoke emotion in an audience?
2. Which rhetorical appeal is being used in the sentence below? A dog shelter displays sad photos of dogs in cages to request donations.
3. "You will never be satisfied in life if you don't seize this opportunity. Do you really want to live the rest of your years regretting, wondering what would have happened if you just jumped when you had the chance? Don't you want to be happy?"
4. ..... reasoning is making an inference based on widely accepted facts or premises.
5. What is the term for a category of artistic composition, as in film or literature, marked by a distinctive style, form, or content?
6. The following is an example of which kind of rhetorical device? How many people die from lung cancer each year? About 157, 423 people die from lung cancer each year.
7. Sock:Foot as Gloves:Hand, is an example of .....
8. Two phrases that contain similar grammatical construction are examples of
9. Arguments urging you to follow what everyone else is doing is called .....
10. The White House will be announcing the decision around noon today.
11. When it's raining outside, if I say "It's beautiful out!!!" the following rhetorical choice is used:
12. 13 Today Carnegie Hall .....
13. What device is used in the following example: "Investing in renewable energy is like farming. Renewable energy may take some time for it to become profitable, but when it does the harvest will be well worth the wait."
14. Which tribe had 3 wars to defend their land?
15. Formal, Informal, Slang, Technical and Foreign are examples of .....
16. All are part of the diagram except
17. Involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something. It may use irony is a device, but not all ironic statements are intended to ridicule.
18. Using words or phrases that make someone look less important
19. Techniques that writers or speakers use to create meaning in a text, enhance a text or a lecture, and in particular, persuade readers or listeners.
20. The act of thinking about something in a logical and sensible way
21. One of the songs we listened to was from a musical called
22. Statements that anticipate and refute an opposing view
23. The ideas or feelings that a certain word invokes, used to create certain emotional responses in an audience.
24. Begins with subject and verb and adds modifying elements at the end
25. Examples of using logos to convince.
26. A statement made by an expert who is recognized as an expert in her or his field.
27. Which rhetorical device uses the same grammatical structure to create rhythm in the writing?
28. Which rhetorical appeal is being used in the statement 'Model Cindy Crawford agrees that this is the only wrinkle cream a woman needs.'?
29. One conclusion that can be made about Obama is .....
30. The art of persuading someone through the word choice and style
31. One who crafts a message strategically in hopes of maximizing her chances of influencing an audience.
32. The author's attitude toward his material, the audience, or both
33. "But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation."
34. Two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.
35. The three rhetorical appeals are .....
36. A figure in which the words in the first phrase or clause are replicated in exactly or closely in reverse grammatical order
37. The technique that a speaker uses to emphasize a word or phrase by repeating
38. Which rhetorical device is being used? Cardiologists recommend Ecotrin more than any other brand of aspirin.
39. How would you define the term ETHOS when discussing rhetorical appeals?
40. The words that are used in the writing. There are many words with similar meanings. Why did the writer choose those particular ones? What effect is the writer going for with his/her word choice?
41. What is the definition of ethos?
42. Does the writer/speaker seem knowledgeable? This is a question you would ask to determine .....
43. Which one of the three Aristotelian appeals most concerns the subject?
44. When someone uses fear, which appeal are they using?
45. Imagine you're a lawyer in a heated debate. Which persuasive technique would you use to emphasize the perfect timing for action or decision?
46. How many keys to rhetoric are there?
47. "Ethos" is the Greek word for
48. Which appeal deals with the credibility of the person?
49. This devices uses "like" or "as":
50. Not producing the desired outcome
51. "Mr. Anderson is clearly the most qualified candidate for the open teaching position. He has a doctorate in elementary education, 25 years of teaching experience in public schools, and has been twice awarded for his innovative style and classroom management skills."
52. 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.I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dreamtoday.-Martin Luther King Jr.
53. Repeating of WORDS or PHRASES ..... Example:MLK, Jr. repeated "I have a dream."
54. The art of using language to persuade
55. Revise this sentence so that it is grammatically correct:Ophelia is picking up the food, I am making the sandwiches.
56. Name the type of repetition present in this quote: "Don't you ever talk about my friends! You don't know any of my friends. You don't look at any of my friends. And you certainly wouldn't condescend to speak to any of my friends."
57. I have 7 siblings that I helped take care of, I volunteer in the nursery at church, and I reference letters from 2 couples that I babysat for this summer.What appeal is this person using?
58. What type of propaganda is this?
59. Which is the best explanation for the example of personification "The child was like a statue."
60. Which of the options below has the following definiton:giving an unliving or unhumane thing human characteristics.
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