Rhetoric Quiz 1 (20 MCQs)

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1. Omit some parts of a sentence from text using 3 periods

Correct Answer: A) Ellipsis.

2. Appeals to credibility

Correct Answer: C) Ethos.

3. An emotional appeal used to persuade an audience with rhetoric that appeals to their feelings.

Correct Answer: C) Pathos/pathos(noun).

4. Which of these Rhetorical Devices does this best represent?"Meriah was talking about hurricane preparedness right before Hurricane Florence hit."

Correct Answer: D) Weather.

5. What is the definition of scare tactics?

Correct Answer: C) Strategies that are used to create fear in the audience.

6. In academic writing, what do you call a statement that presents the main point or purpose of an essay or research paper?

Correct Answer: A) Thesis Statement.

7. Details that include sight, sound, smell, taste, touch

Correct Answer: B) Sensory details.

8. Omitting conjunctions in a list

Correct Answer: B) Unconnected.

9. Combining two contradictory terms to create a new phrase or thought

Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron.

10. Which of the following options below has the follwing definition:to make a point by exaggerating

Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole.

11. A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art

Correct Answer: E) Allusion.

12. Vegetables are good for your health because vegetables are a healthy.

Correct Answer: B) Circular Reasoning.

13. Logical fallacy in which one makes assumptions about a whole group based on a small sample

Correct Answer: C) Hasty generalization.

14. The writer's choice of sentence structure

Correct Answer: B) Syntax.

15. Pick the term that matches the definition:The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or phrases

Correct Answer: D) Anaphora.

16. Toward the end of the speech, King refers to his own family. For what purpose?

Correct Answer: A) To connect with the audience as a fellow parent (ethos).

17. A form of parallelism that emphasizes opposites

Correct Answer: B) Antithesis.

18. A reference to our "founding fathers" would be considered

Correct Answer: D) Historical allusion.

19. What does the P stand for in SOAPSTone?

Correct Answer: A) Purpose.

20. 56% of teens said they talk on the phone while driving.

Correct Answer: B) Evidence.