Rhetoric Quiz 166 (20 MCQs)

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1. The ..... is who the text is specifically intended for.
2. I think that you have many choices when you are looking for a nanny, but I hope you can consider how many years I have worked in childcare.
3. The relationship between the speaker, audience, and subject is illustrated through this.
4. The appeal based on the character, credibility, or reliability of the writer:
5. Persuading through the credibility of the speaker/author-and the sense of right and wrong. Ex. "As a doctor, I am best qualified to recommend the right treatment."
6. A seemingly contradictory situation which is actually true
7. Many minorities (for example, the Hispanic family that was featured) do not have the financial stability to provide healthy food for their family so they must choose less healthy foods because they are cheaper.
8. Revise this sentence so that it is grammatically correct: "I need sugar butter and eggs from the grocery."
9. "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." This quote contains a(n) .....
10. Which of the following types of figurative language is represented in the example below?A text written to encourage support for the protection of the Florida panther features an interview with a renowned biologist who is an expert on endangered species.
11. The attribution of human qualities to an object, animal, or concept.
12. Intensifiers
13. THAT YEAR, 1967, THE DALLAS COWBOYS HAD 137 ROOKIES IN TRAINING CAMP. GIL BRANDT WAS SIGNING EVERYBODY THAT COULD WALK.
14. What is deductive reasoning?
15. I can't get the fuel pump back on because this bolt is being uncooperative.This sentence is an example of .....
16. "Like so many young people today, I was searching for a way out, or some might say a way in, and then I heard the voice of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on an old radio. He was talking about the philosophy and discipline of nonviolence. He said we are all complicit when we tolerate injustice. " By mentioning Dr. King, Rep.Lewis is establishing his
17. Which mode of persuasion in rhetoric appeals to logic and reason?
18. Greek for "orator", describes the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively
19. "They've worked against everything we've worked so hard to build, and they don't care who gets hurt in the process. Make no mistake, they're the enemy, and they won't stop until we're all destroyed." What type of rhetorical appeal is being used in this quote?
20. The time, place, and context of the argument