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Rhetoric Quiz 88 (60 MCQs)

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1. Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die. (Anne Lamott)
2. Identify the type of sentence:I ate a cheeseburger for dinner.
3. Which rhetorical device is used in this sentence:"I believe that we will win; I believe that we must win; I believe that when we win, we will be undefeated."
4. What is the term for a class of artistic works, like movies or books, characterized by similar form, style, or subject matter?
5. Appealing to credibility or character
6. By anticipating an objection and answering it, permits an argument to continue moving forward while taking into account points or reasons opposing either the train of thought or its final conclusions.
7. Gain the audience's trust
8. Comparing two alike things using linking verbs
9. Which of these punctuation marks cannot be used at the end of a sentence?
10. An act of paraphrasing from other sources and making the content fit together seamlessly.
11. The repetition of the same consonant sounds repeated in a group of words.
12. She is more beautiful than the moon and stars.
13. What the speaker wants the audience to feel while listening; what he/she wants the audience to do after listening.
14. Her love of chocolate was her Achilles' heel.
15. Words that are inaccurate literally, but describe by calling to mind sensations or responses that the thing described evokes.
16. A phrase or sentence is repeated, but in reverse order
17. Which of the following words should you use in formal diction?
18. What genre of rhetoric deals with persuading someone?
19. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness ..... "-Charles Dickens
20. Is this an appeal to Ethos or Pathos?9 out of 10 dentists recommend Crest toothpaste.
21. The person who wrote The Art of Rhetoric was Aristotle.
22. Using contradictory words together
23. Where is "I Have a Dream" delivered?
24. Which relative of Clarissa's inspires her the most?
25. When your friend is trying to convince you to do something and he says, "Come on, what's the worst that could happen?" he's using what kind of rhetorical device to try to convince you?
26. ..... sentences give the main idea at the beginning, and then adding more information to build up the idea further. They are useful when the goal of a writer is clarity rather than suspense.
27. An independent clause
28. It was so crowded that there must have been a million people at the restaurant!
29. As she passed into the next world, Melissa shook her curls one last time.
30. What is required for a group of words to be a CLAUSE?
31. What is an opposing argument or debate?
32. "Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice."
33. What is Framing Words?
34. A persuasive technique that uses values or moral standards to persuade an audience.
35. What does emotional appeal use to get the audience to feel what you feel?
36. After using your phone in class WAY too much, your teacher finally called home about your phone use. When you got home and your mom threatened to ground you from your phone and you said "Mom, what if there is a gunman at school, and I have no way to communicate with you aside from my phone?" What rhetorical strategy did you use to persuade your mom to let you keep your phone?
37. Selecting words or facts to achieve a bias intent.
38. How could you manipulate logos?
39. Which of the following quotes is an example of irony?
40. A conclusion that does not follow logically from the "proof" offered to support it.
41. I have always enjoyed reading the book more than .....
42. Who came up with the terms of rhetoric?
43. This form of rhetoric builds credibility
44. In a speech by President Barack Obama about the economy, the C in SPACECAT is:
45. TRUE or FALSE ..... Authors may purposefully add or neglect punctuation in forming the syntax of their sentences in order to create a desired effect.
46. ..... uses emotion to persuade someone
47. What technique was used by Shakespeare in Marc Antony's speech here: "and Brutus is an honourable man."
48. Identify the appeal: "As a doctor, I am qualified to tell you that this course of treatment will likely generate the best results."
49. She is the best-selling author of adozen children's books and she ishere to speak to us today. I knowyou will learn something valuablefrom her!
50. The inference that a claim is true for most people or a majority, used to speak to prevailing beliefs or prejudices of an audience.
51. A political system in which a single ruler or group has absolute power and authority
52. Constructing reality is another communicative function that rhetoric performs
53. Which of the following means that the audience trusts the speaker?
54. "A teenager tries to convince his parents to buy him a new car, as the old one continually breaks down, by saying if they cared about their child's safety they'd upgrade him."
55. E. coli mutation is caused by feeding cows corn. Statistics showing how E. coli cases are found within the same companies repeatedly.
56. 72% of Americans prefer body wash to bar soap.Which appeal is used in this statement?
57. What document does Antony share with the Roman mob?
58. What dos the "s" represent in SOAPSTone?
59. What is the main idea of the following text? The paths you choose today can shape you forever. It's both frightening and exciting that we have to make so many vital decisions when we're so young and full of hormones, but such is life. Imagine an eighty-foot rope stretched out before you. Each foot represents one year of your life. Teenagehood is only seven years, such a short span of rope, but those seven affect the remaining sixty-one, for good or bad, in such a powerful way.
60. What is the following an example of:What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet. So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called.
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