Rhetoric Quiz 135 (20 MCQs)

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1. Rhetoric is the art of writing or speaking with the goal of persuading the listener to consider a topic in a specific way.
2. Which rhetorical device provides logic or evidence to the speech?
3. Writing used to prove a point or get the audience to take action.
4. Which type of literary forms were popular?
5. To retell the events or details of a passage or text in a concise or brief form is a .....
6. Match the technique to the appropriate appeal:certificate/degree
7. I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth is an example of what rhetorical device?
8. You can have an argument without a speaker.
9. Identify the rhetorical appeal used:If you don't study you will fail the test.
10. The emotions, associations and connections people have about words is called .....
11. What is a text?
12. "They might dismiss us and say that we are too young to understand. But I understand pain. I get grief. I see it in the eyes of the families mourning for those they lost. I hear it in the wails of the loved ones who had to bury one of their own because grown men and women won't listen to common sense and do the bare minimum." Which of the following answers the first S in SOAPSTone succinctly?
13. Developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work
14. The flower was as blue as the sky.
15. Putting another person down, especially among politicians
16. Best reasoning for why censorship of propaganda is a dangerous idea
17. What is a metonymy?
18. Last year, Malala Fund and the World Bank published research showing that if all girls completed secondary school, they could add up to $ 30 trillion to the global economy.This is an appeal to .....
19. The receivers of the message or discourse
20. The following is an example of what device? She had a Mona Lisa smile.