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Rhetoric Quiz 84 (60 MCQs)

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1. Speeches, political cartoons, and advertisements can be considered all of the following EXCEPT
2. A way of writing or organizing ideas that contributes to the message and purpose by being particularly engaging to the audience, effectively communicating content or appropriate to the occasion.
3. The weather was raining and dark stormy clouds hung in the sky. The air was oppressively heavy.
4. Which advertisement did we watch in class that used logos to help persuade the audience?
5. Choose the correct term for the following definition:To attribute something to a cause or source.
6. What is the purpose of Jargon?
7. The answer to #1
8. By donating only fifty cents a day, you can help give a child clean drinking water.
9. Which of the following is NOT a PREPOSITION?
10. Which of the fallowing is an allusion
11. The position presented in the argument.
12. What rhetorical technique involves saying the same word, phrase or idea more than once?
13. When analyzing syntax, see if there are any patterns in how an author starts sentences or ends them. Repetition of a certain word or phrase is meant to draw your attention. Look especially for groups of three in either the first or last words of a sentence. Groups of three tend to be a particular favorite among literary authors ..... which excerpt below does NOT exemplify this?
14. Presenting an idea as fact without any explanation.
15. The changes suggested by Du Bois were part of what movement or era in American history?
16. Replacing a word or an idea with a related word or concept
17. What is deliberative?
18. What is wrong with the verb in the following sentence: "Antigone was very protective of Oedipus in the play."
19. Example:An elephants opinion holds a lot of weight
20. According to the text, how does the difference of four years (between Lincoln's inaugural speeches) alter the context of the speeches?
21. What appeal emphasizes the speaker's character?
22. "A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise." When We Were Very Young, A.A. Milne
23. The sentence below is an example of which rhetorical device?The Romans destroyed Numantia, razed Carthage, obliterated Corinth, overthrew Fregellae.
24. The features that make up a speech can be
25. Revise this sentence so that it is grammatically correct:I took Angie the one with the freckles to the movie last night.
26. What is the term for how the author feels about his/her piece?
27. Therefore, the ..... of a literary work the ..... is not something that is stated in a particular sentence and easily located; it is something that is comprehended upon reflection. It is the main idea or POINT that the writer/creator is trying to make through their writing.
28. True or false:A sentence may only have 1 rhetorical device
29. Which of the following is an example of Epistrophe?
30. Choose the correct term for the following definition:A thesis statement describing the position the writer is taking on an issue.
31. Melissa's curls shook. Melissa's curls turned. Melissa's curls left the room. Melissa's curls were gone.
32. A brief reference to someone or something expected to be widely recognized by reader from history, literature, religion, sports, science, etc.
33. Melissa absolutely distended her curls.
34. What type of support does the author offer for their claim in the following paragraph:The very essence of knowledge acquisition not only empowers individuals but serves as the cornerstone of societal progress. Consider the remarkable advancements in technology over the past century, a testament to the indelible link between education, innovation, and the relentless pursuit of understanding.
35. The repetition of words at the beginning of a line
36. What is missing from this argument?If all cuddly wolves are mammals, and all mammals have hair, then all wolves are cuddly because of their hair.
37. A detail, image, or character type that occurs frequently in literature and myth and is thought to appeal in a universal way to the unconscious and to evoke a response.
38. The writer's credibility or trustworthiness
39. This includes the audience, message, context, and speaker.
40. ..... may be used in logos to appeal to our logic
41. A question that is not meant to be answered but rather is asked to emphasize a point
42. When an opinion is stated as if it were a fact, which it is not, and uses biased language
43. A prepared counter claim that keeps the argument moving is
44. Julia squandered her money on designer clothes and expensive trips.
45. Using ideas or words of 2 or more sources as your own idea.
46. A student is writing to propose that her college allow eligible students to use their food stamps in the cafeteria. Which of the following best describes her primary purpose for writing?
47. Please give me the day off. My grandmother died, and I really need to go spend time with my family. They need me to support them during this terrible time.
48. School should start at 10a.m. because students will naturally be more awake and alert later in the morning.
49. When analyzing tone, it can be helpful to anticipate potential .....
50. Repeats the beginning word of a clause or sentence at the end. The beginning and the end are the two positions of strongest emphasis in a sentence, so by having the same word in both places, you call special attention to it
51. "You have a heart of gold" is an example of what poetic device?
52. Greek for "timing"
53. We got a new Einstein in school today.
54. The day after Pearl Harbor, my grandfather signed up for duty, joined Patton's army, marched across Europe. This sentence includes the following
55. The art of writing or speaking persuasively to an audience
56. Bringing up a subject by denying that the very subject should be brought up at all.
57. The exact opposite, contrast
58. An ad hominem attack
59. What is the figure of speech in which non-human things are given human attributes?
60. A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. As comedy, it distorts or exaggerates distinctive features of the original. As ridicule, it mimics the work by repeating and borrowing words, phrases, or characteristics in order to illuminate weaknesses in the original.
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