Rhetoric Quiz 324 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following is a synonym for chronicle?
2. Parallel Structure or Parallelism is .....
3. What a wonderful world.
4. "Oh, thanks. This is exactly what I wanted for Christmas ..... "
5. The writer describes a person intently watching a bird fly overhead. What is the bird symbolizing?
6. The main argument of a speaker.
7. Which of the following logical fallacies is shown in the following sentence: "I drank bottled water and now I am sick, so the water must have made me sick."
8. An exaggerated statement meant to elicit an emotional response
9. Melissa's curls whooshed shaking into the wind.
10. The most important element of argumentation is the
11. Repetition of a word or expression at the end of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses.
12. Point of view spoken from an outsiders perspective (they, their, he/she)
13. Uses facts and figures to show one side as positive and the other side as negative
14. Related to style, ..... refers to the writer's word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness.
15. What is the principal virtue of good style in a speech?
16. Using fear to sway people is called .....
17. Which of the following best defines "Ethos"
18. Which perspective deals with motives, emotional states, and intentions?
19. Pick Aristotle's three different types of rhetoric:A. Deliberative, argumentative, demonstrativeB. Deliberative, judicial, demonstrativeC. Judicial, argumentative, demonstrativeD. Deliberative, judicial, argumentative
20. If it rains anymore, we will have to build an arc.