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Rhetoric Quiz 420 (20 MCQs)

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1. In order to be considered credible by your reader it is helpful to use to which rhetorical appeal
2. Why might it be pathos when Lincoln in paragraph 6 of "The Emancipation Proclamation" calls on formerly enslaved people to abstain from violence and to instead keep working, just for pay now?
3. What elements make up the rhetorical structure of a persuasive argument?
4. Same word or words both begin(s) and end(s) phrase or clause
5. The context or set of circumstance out of which a text arises.
6. What is not usually part of the plot in a story?
7. When two things appear to be connected, but there is no indication that one caused the other, it's called-
8. The weather was terrible ....., we decided to delay our trip.
9. Persuading by appealing to the audience's emotions
10. An indirect reference to a famous events or characters from history, literature, or mythology.
11. What is a denotation?
12. "Five score years ago ..... " is an example of .....
13. Expresses doubt about an idea or conclusion
14. "To think on death it is a misery, To think on life it is a vanity; to think on the world verily it is, to think that here man hath no perfect bliss."
15. Which rhetorical device appeals to facts?
16. In "The Gettysburg Address, " Lincoln coined the phrase "government of the people, by the people, for the people." What literary device is this phrase using?
17. A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule. Regardless of whether or not the work aims to reform human behavior, satire is best seen as a style of writing rather than a purpose for writing.
18. The author's credibility is known as
19. Repeating small phrases can be effective in creating a sense of structure and power.
20. Imagine you're a detective in the world of debates. Can you identify the type of argument that uses the power of logical reasoning and evidence to convince its audience?
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