Rhetoric Quiz 14 (20 MCQs)

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1. Inversion of the natural or usual word order is .....
2. Use of words or grammatical construction peculiar to a given language, or an expression that cannot be translated literally into a second language.
3. "By donating only fifty cents a day, you can help give a child clean drinking water." ..... Which type of appeal is being used here?
4. Which is an example of a weaseler?
5. Credible speakers work to build this with their audiences.
6. Saying something in a less offensive way (often using more restrained terms
7. Which of the following will NEVER be an answer for who the intended audience is:
8. The blue car drove swiftly down the winding road during a hurricane. The high winds blew the car from side to side, but it safely made it to the storm shelter.
9. Natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words
10. The speaker or writer's general topic or content
11. The balanced arrangement of phrases and sentences so that they have similar constructions and are of equal importance; the intention is to present ideas in a coordinated way in order to reflect that they have equal status
12. Grammatical arrangement of words. Sentence structure.
13. Zombies are the living dead.
14. Subject and purpose are the same thing:
15. Using the same word or phrase over and over again
16. " ..... Let this be the last time that a classroom remains empty.Let this be the last time that a girl is told education is a crime and not a right ..... " is an example of what rhetoric tool?
17. The intentional use of words that sound like their meaning.
18. This is a picture perfect portrait of a power play
19. Combines anaphora and epistrophe in which the first and last word or words in one phrase, clause, or sentence are repeated in one or more successive phrases, clauses, or sentences; repetition of the first and last words in a clause over successive clauses
20. What is the following statement an example of? "The data is perfectly clear:this investment has consistently turned a profit year-over-year, even in spite of market declines in other areas."