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Rhetoric Quiz 79 (60 MCQs)

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1. Experience, authority, and credible sources are strategies of ethos.
2. The Rhetorical Appeal which speaks to one's Logic and Reasoning is called:
3. An example of a simile is: "I really do like ice cream"
4. What is the purpose of antithesis?
5. What are rhetorical questions used for?
6. What are techniques used in language in order to convey a point or influence an audience?
7. Statements:Some dogs are bats. Some bats are cats. Conclusions:Some dogs are cats.Some cats are dogs.
8. The art of persuasive use of language.
9. You're being let go. Her father passed away. The toddler told his mom that he needed to go potty. These are examples of which rhetorical device?
10. Words or phrases that appeal to the senses, used to describe persons, objects, actions, feelings, and ideas.
11. Which of the following describes how Division should begin?
12. Feeling or atmosphere provoked in the reader by the author's use of diction, syntax, and figurative language.
13. Complete the pun:Broken pencils are .....
14. A question that is asked merely for effect with no obvious answer expected.
15. You should learn to play the flute because hundreds of peer-reviewed studies show that learning to play a musical instrument has benefits for memory retention later in live.
16. Drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity between two unlike things; this is an appeal to logic
17. Which of the following is NOT an example of antimetabole?
18. The placement of two things side by side to create contrast or comparison
19. The central point a text is making; a reason or set of reasons given with the aim of persuading others that an action or idea is right or wrong
20. Invention is .....
21. Appeals to the emotions (empathy) and the sympathetic imagination, as well as to beliefs and values.
22. Substituting an inoffensive word or phrase for an unpleasant or embarrassing expression
23. "I said, 'Who killed him?' and he said 'I don't know who killed him, but he's dead all right, ' and it was dark and there was water standing in the street and no lights or windows broke and boats all up in the town and trees blown down and everything all blown and I got a skiff and went out and found my boat where I had her inside Mango Key and she was right only she was full of water."
24. The speaker uses emotional language to play on the person's feelings in order to persuade them
25. Read the quote below from paragraph 5. Then select which type of rhetorical device it is.The rise may be directly related to the fact that parents and high schools are encouraging students to take on more classwork, according to Ben Steverman, a Bloomberg reporter who covers teen employment.
26. Vacuuming under the furniture, dusting the ceiling fans, and scrubbing the tile grout with a toothbrush, Jerry prepared the house for his ultra-picky mother-in-law.
27. Suggesting that a small, initial action will inevitably lead to much larger, undesirable consequences, without providing sufficient evidence or reasoning. (a)
28. How a writer arranges words and sentences is
29. A reference from literature, mythology, religion, or history that an author expects the reader to understand.
30. Eating meat is like signing up to support politicians.
31. A simile is a comparison of two things using the words like or as.
32. What does the last "s" in SOAPSTone represent?
33. In the sentence 'The leaves danced in the wind, ' what figurative language is being used?
34. Which trope or scheme is used in the following sentence:Envy eats nothing but its own heart
35. The speech appeals to the audience's emotions
36. "You should eat ice cream! Everyone does!" is an example ofwhat kind of logical fallacy?
37. Which of the following is the use of facts and explanations to convince an audience?
38. Involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something.
39. Also known as "symbouleutikon, " this type of rhetoric focuses on the future and argues what society should do as we progress.
40. Identify the rhetorical appeal used in the following quote: "We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality."
41. When we read things that affirm our bias, this is called
42. A written piece that contains significant portions of text froma single source without alterations.
43. Let Melissa shake her curls, but let her curls not shake Melissa.
44. Ethos is the appeal of
45. Trump is known for using metaphors related to various things, like sports and illnesses.
46. Refers to an attempt to disapprove, contradict, or argue to overcome an opposing reasoning or evidence by introducing another reasoning and evidence to destroy the effect of the previous one.
47. What type of rhetorical appeal is this?"I'm not just invested in this community-I love every building, every business, every hard-working member of this town."
48. What did Nelson Mandela emphasize in his inaugural speech?
49. What did the fish say, when it hit the wall? DamA play on words
50. 19 Her efforts to deter crime.....
51. When an author repeats a word, phrase, or idea more than once in order to emphasize its importance.
52. Which is NOT a branch of Philosophy?
53. Poetry with rhyme, structure, and literary devices
54. The author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox
55. Figure that binds together TWO words that are ordinarily contradictory; a TWO WORD paradox; two words with contrary or apparently contradictory meanings occurring next to each other, and, which, nonetheless, evoke some measure of truth.
56. What techniques do propagandists use
57. The art of effective communication
58. A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things
59. Giving inanimate objects human characteristics.
60. Which rhetorical appeal is being used in the sentence below? A child is shown covered in bug bites after using an inferior bug spray.
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