Rhetoric Quiz 167 (20 MCQs)

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1. Numerical facts or data used as evidence.
2. Is disinformation the same as propaganda
3. The following is an example of which type of rhetorical device? There are roaches infesting the office of a pest control service.
4. What is meant by exigence?
5. Exaggeration used for emphasis; heighten effect; catalyze recognition; create a humorous perception
6. Choose an example of a Claim of Fact:
7. What is the main characteristic of prose?
8. The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form"a state sweltering with the heat of injustice"
9. The oldest type of vocabulary is.....vocabulary.
10. Statement that is completely unbiased is .....
11. Arguing and persuading are the same thing.
12. The attribution of human qualities to a nonhuman or inanimate object
13. A part of a text in which the content of the clauses, phrases, or words being balanced in the parallel structure offers a contrast
14. This type of an editorial explains the significance or meaning of a news event, current idea, condition, or situation, theory or hypothesis.
15. Which rhetorical technique is being used in this example? "Why pay more?"
16. A short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event
17. A sudden turn from the general audience to address a specific group or personified abstraction (absent or present)
18. Which rhetorical device does the below scenario depict? Rachael has to convince her parents to let her go out with her friends on Friday night. This is her argument: "Mom and Dad I would like to go out with my friends Friday night. I know you said no and I understand. However, in the past 6 months, I have come home on time and I have straight A's."
19. Putting two contrasting elements together that are so unlike that the effect is surprising, witty, or even startling.
20. Which of the following does NOT compare two things