Rhetoric Quiz 165 (20 MCQs)

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1. Match the following ethos, pathos, and logos summaries based on the "Address to Congress on Women's Suffrage."uses dates and quotes to logically support her claims.
2. A figure of speech in which the speaker raises a question and then answers it immediately
3. Ethos, in an argument, represents .....
4. Implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity
5. What is a language that uses words in ways that shift from their literal interpretation to achieve a more complex or powerful effect
6. Logos is about appealing to your audience's what?
7. After the funeral was held for the brave soldiers, the general scattered their bodies ashes into the sea.
8. "And what are we to do about it? Engage with each other in order to cause change."Which device is this an example of?
9. Melissa's curls were shaking-to be fair, so was the rest of her body.
10. A succession of harmonious sounds used in poetry or prose.
11. "Bored of the Rings" mocks and copies characters from the famous Lord of the Rings novel. It is most likely, therefore, that Bored of the Rings is a?
12. "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."-George Orwell
13. "All muscles are made out of living tissue. All humans have muscles. Therefore, all humans are made out of living tissue" is an example of
14. An appeal to a reader/listener's emotions or passions
15. Lively descriptions which impress the images of things upon the mind:figures of speech
16. What is the correct verb form of the word satire?
17. "There's no price that can be placed on peace of mind. Our advanced security systems will protect the well-being of your family so that you can sleep soundly at night." What type of rhetorical appeal is being used in this quote?
18. " ..... having lived long, I have experienced many instances ..... " Benjamin Franklin
19. Descriptive words used to add emphasis and create an emotional response.
20. Which canon of rhetoric concerns what the argument is about?