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Rhetoric Quiz 98 (60 MCQs)

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1. The man interviewed a "stay-at-home dad" who had completed only three years of college.
2. Read the question.Answer TRUE if it is Rhetorical.Answer FALSE if it is not Rhetorical.Question:Why Bother?
3. An ad hominem argument is
4. Words that appeal to emotion or stereotype (ex:traitor, ObamaCare, dreadful, effective, elitist, etc)
5. Persuading by using logic and reasoning
6. You say that children should be vaccinated.They reply, "Oh I guess you want all children to get a government tracking device then."
7. In "Marketing to Children, " what is the shared connotation of the words, infiltrate, deploy, and taskforce?
8. Information or facts about grounds that help establish their validity. In some cases, this may be simply a more in-depth discussion of the grounds.
9. 20 Other reasons .....
10. True or False:All the Rhetorical modes are:Argument, Descriptive, Expository, Narratives, contrast and contradiction
11. Who will join me in that historic effect?
12. At the end of Toy Story 3 we see an adorable snippet of the infamous "balcony scene" with a hedgehog as Romeo and a Little Green Man as Juliet. He quotes, "But soft what light through yonder window breaks, " and the LGM quotes, "Romeo, oh Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo." This snippet is an example of an .....
13. What is authority?
14. When the author picks the perfect moment to introduce a message or product:
15. Narrator that is able to tell what all the characters are thinking. "God-like" . A "reporter" that can be everywhere.
16. Expressing the same ideas using different words
17. A short, catchy phrase that conveys an important idea
18. What means to appeal to the emotions of an audience?
19. An evaluation of the sum of the choices an author makes in blending diction, syntax, figurative language, and other literary devices.
20. Choose the correct answer:an appeal that presents ideas that elicit strong feelings is called .....
21. A logical appeal used to persuade an audience by use of facts and reason.
22. Breaking off in the middle of a sentence
23. In this fallacy, the speaker presents two extreme options as the only possible choices.
24. Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things.
25. The construction of sentences; the arrangement of words in a sentence
26. A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects.
27. Your dentist recommends a specific toothpaste. You trust their recommendation because they are using
28. What appeal is related directly to the audience's feelings?
29. Using facts, evidence, and statistics to persuade is which rhetorical appeal?
30. Use of three phrases in succession, with all three constructed in the same pattern.
31. Appeals to the appropriate time and place .....
32. Why did Scrooge not want to help the destitute?
33. "Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred." Identify the figurative language and it's type.
34. Which of the following most closely aligns with logos?
35. The group expected to be interested in a product.
36. This ad is an example of what rhetorical appeal?
37. The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of a successive phrases, clauses, or lines
38. Identify the rhetorical device in the following sentence: "The rain pitter-pattered on the roof."
39. The ministry responsible for rationing resources and controlling the economy
40. To make his point about how he felt about winning the scholarship in his speech he yelled out, "I'm the king of the world!" (from Titanic).
41. True or False:Parallelism and Repetition are the same thing
42. We've been doing business for over 75 years.
43. Rhetorical device that evokes strong emotion
44. Which rhetorical device is being used in the following speech? "Indifference elicits no response. Indifference is not a response. Indifference is not a beginning; it is an end. And, therefore, indifference is always the friend of the enemy, for it benefits the aggressor-never his victim, whose pain is magnified when he or she feels forgotten."
45. Purpose for writing something
46. This is a conclusion based on insufficient or biased evidence. In other words, you are rushing to a conclusion before you have all the relevant facts.
47. A logical fallacy-when a writer raises an irrelevant issue to draw attention away from the real issue.
48. A euphemism is .....
49. My 5th Grade teacher once told me that girls like boys that's dance. Therefore, if you want to make the ladies like you, learn how to dance. What's type of fallacy is this?
50. The term that means two clauses mirrored to one another is
51. Which rhetorical appeal uses facts to persuade the reader?
52. My phone was on low battery.Now my phone won't turn on.My phone probably died.What type of reasoning is this?
53. One tone of In Cold Blood is .....
54. Which is NOT a type of rhetoric?
55. Mood is mainly about the feelings of the .....
56. A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
57. What rhetorical device is used in the following quote:"And that government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
58. What part of the perspective triangle does Aristotle NOT address?
59. The appeal that enhances the sense of occasion and urgency.
60. In persuasive writing, a good writer will address one argument the other side would make and then prove why that argument is invalid
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